The Friend Of Jeffrey Clark

District of Columbia Hearing Committee No. Twelve has in the main denied Jeffrey Clark and his purported amicus’s effort to continue filing pleadings

Following the completion of supplemental briefing, three additional posthearing pleadings were filed with this Hearing Committee, each addressing the application of the Trump v. United States decision to this matter. On July 18, 2024, the American First Legal Foundation filed a motion seeking leave to file an amicus brief in these proceedings in support of Mr. Clark.

On July 19, 2024, Mr. Clark filed a Reply Brief in Support of Supplemental Briefing. Finally, on July 19, 2024, Mr. Clark filed a Motion to Strike Evidence Received in Violation of Trump v. U.S. These three pleadings are not permitted by the July 8 Order. They are either styled, or in substance, reply briefs that the Order prohibited and their filing exceeds the word limits permitted by the Order. The amicus brief is also inappropriate because, as Disciplinary Counsel correctly noted in opposition to American First Legal Foundationís motion to file an amicus brief, the Board Rules neither authorize nor contemplate the filing of amicus briefs before a hearing committee. Opposition at 1. Mr. Clark will have the opportunity to provide further legal argument to the Board on Professional Responsibility

Accordingly, and pursuant to Board Rule 12.1(a), which affords the Hearing Committee the discretion to allow post-hearing briefs, it is hereby

ORDERED that the Motion of America First Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae to File a Brief in Support of Respondent Jeffrey Clark is denied; and it is further

ORDERED that the Hearing Committeeís report and recommendation shall not address the America First Legal Foundationís brief, Mr. Clarkís Reply Brief in Support of Supplemental Briefing, or Mr. Clark’s Motion to Strike Evidence Received in Violation of Trump v. United States.

(Mike Frisch)