A subpoena to compel former Justice Department (DOJ) attorney Jeffrey Clark to turn over documents related to his 2020 election litigation efforts was denied by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 26.
The appeals court’s three-judge panel ruled that the subpoena issued by the D.C. Bar Disciplinary Counsel “infringes on Mr. Clark’s Fifth Amendment right not to be compelled to be a witness against himself” as he defends himself in two separate court cases stemming from the 2020 election.
The panel said a comprehensive “opinion will issue in due course.”
The judges are Joshua Deahl, John Howard III, and Stephen Glickman….
