On Thursday, a Washington, D.C. Bar disciplinary panel delivered a significant verdict, stating that former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark had violated ethics rules in a serious attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The panel’s chair, Merril Hirsh, emphasized that the decision was non-binding and subject to change based on briefs. He then moved on to the sanctions phase of the trial. “Percent of board rule 1111, the hearing committee convened an executive session to decide preliminarily whether we find that disciplinary counsel has proven at least one violation of any …