The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, …
The House select committee investigating the Jan.6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who lawmakers say repeatedly attempted to use his position to overturn the 2020 election and « interrupt the peaceful transfer of power. » Clark, who briefly oversaw the department’s Civil Division during the final days of the Trump administration, has emerged as a central figure in the former president’s efforts to deny President Joe Biden’s election. “The Select Committee needs to understand all the details about efforts inside the previous administration to delay the certification of the 2020 election and amplify misinformation about the election results, » committee chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said. « We need to understand Mr. Clark’s role in these efforts at the Justice Department and learn who was involved across the administration. The Select Committee expects Mr. Clark to cooperate fully with our investigation.” Last week, Clark was featured prominently in a damning Senate Judiciary Committee report that found he attempted to countermand the top leaders at the department by drafting a letter to Georgia officials seeking to delay the state’s certification of election results.
