Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department attorney who was part of former President Donald Trump’s challenge of the 2020 election should be barred from practicing law for two years, a Washington, D.C., disciplinary ruled Thursday.

While working at the Justice Department, Clark proposed persuading Republican-led legislatures to appoint pro-Trump electors in states President Joe Biden won in 2020. The panel ruled Clark’s role violated his code of professional ethics as an attorney and threatened to destabilize the country.

“His recklessness risked disabling the Justice Department, throwing the Presidential election into chaos, and even potentially causing riots in the streets,” the three-member hearing committee ruled in its report. “We have found that Mr. Clark attempted to engage in reckless dishonesty.”

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