Aug. 1 (UPI) -- An attorney disciplinary board is recommending White House official Jeffrey Clark be stripped of his Washington, D.C., law license over his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election for President Donald Trump.
A majority of the nine-member Washington, D.C., Board on Professional Responsibility recommended Clark be disbarred on Thursday, stating Clark "was prepared to cause the Justice Department to tell a lie about the status of its investigation" into the 2020 general election.
"Lawyers cannot advocate for any outcome based on false statements, and they certainly cannot urge others to do so," the panel said.
"Respondent persistently and energetically sought to do just that on an important national issue. He should be disbarred as a consequence and to send a message to the rest of the Bar and to the public that this behavior will not be tolerated."
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