A former senior Trump administration Justice Department official will testify on Friday earlier than the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a congressional aide accustomed to the probe mentioned.
Last week, the House of Representatives Select Committee delayed testimony by Jeffrey Clark as a result of he had retained a brand new lawyer. Clark didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
As with earlier witnesses, Clark’s testimony will probably be behind closed doorways. The congressional aide spoke on situation of anonymity. Clark, the previous performing head of the Justice Department’s civil division, was a proponent of Trump’s unfounded claims that Democrat Joe Biden’s victory within the November 2020 election was the results of fraud.
On Oct. 13, the committee introduced it had issued a subpoena to Clark asking him to supply data and testify at a deposition by Oct. 29. In asserting it had subpoenaed Clark, the panel mentioned it wanted to know all the main points about efforts contained in the earlier administration to amplify misinformation about election outcomes.
In January, the Justice Department’s inspector common introduced his workplace was launching an investigation into whether or not Clark plotted to oust then-Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen so he may take over the division and assist pursue Trump’s baseless claims by opening an investigation into voter fraud in Georgia.
A U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee report discovered Clark additionally drafted a letter he wished Rosen to approve which urged Georgia to convene a particular legislative session to analyze voter fraud claims.
Clark’s plan finally failed after senior division leaders threatened to resign in protest, the Senate investigation discovered.
