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A Washington ethics lawyer took aim at a former senior official in the U.S. Justice Department during the Trump administration, saying he tried to use the DOJ as a took to help Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election results. In his opening argument during a disciplinary hearing for Jeffrey Clark, the District of Columbia Bar’s Hamilton “Phil” Fox said Clark essentially was attempting to orchestrate “a coup at the Department of Justice,” Reuters reported. Clark is facing the potential loss of his law license and must undergo a multi-day hearing on ethics charges that accuse him of …

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