Another contempt charge may be impending for Trump official
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The Jan. 6 Committee will vote Wednesday on whether it should refer Jeffrey Clark, a Trump-era official, to the Department of Justice for criminal contempt of Congress after he—for weeks—failed to comply with a subpoena from the investigatory body.Another contempt charge may be impending for Trump official
The Jan. 6 Committee will vote Wednesday on whether it should refer Jeffrey Clark, a Trump-era official, to the Department of Justice for criminal contempt of Congress after he—for weeks—failed to comply with a subpoena from the investigatory body. A meeting will be held at 7 p.m. this Wednesday where committee members will vote on a report detailing the ways in which Clark, once the acting attorney general for the Justice Department’s (DOJ) civil division, refused to cooperate with the congressional probe into the deadly Capitol attack. A Senate Judiciary Committee report from Democrats released earlier this year unveiled a variety of emails and other correspondence where Clark appeared ready to oust then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, at Trump’s urging, to install himself in Rosen’s place. Clark is also under scrutiny for his shilling of Trump’s lies about the 2020 election to state officials. Read more

