1/6 committee is ready today to hear perhaps the most critical testimony yet from former DOJ official Jeffery Clark
According to The guardian, a congressional source said former DOJ official Jeffery Clark will testify before the House Committee today. Clark’s testimony would probably be the most significant testimony (publicly known) to date.
Clark is the former head of the Trump administration’s DOJ’s civil division and has been Trump’s most serviceable DOJ official in driving unsubstantiated claims of fraud in several incidents. As The Guardian reports:
In January, the DoJ’s inspector general announced that his office was launching an investigation into whether Clark planned to oust then-acting attorney general Jeff Rosen so he could take over the department and help Trump’s unfounded pursue claims by opening an investigation into voter fraud in Georgia.
In a report by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Clark also found that he had drafted a letter he wanted Rosen to approve, requesting Georgia to convene a special legislative session to investigate the claims of voter fraud.
It would seem inconceivable that Clark would pursue such an agenda without direct command, or – at least permission, from Trump himself. Several reports have already been found during the period in question at the end of December and in early January, Trump considered dismissing acting attorney general Jeffery Rosen for refusing to sign a letter saying DOJ significantly found fraud in the election and promoted Clark to the post. Only the threat of mass resignations in protest stopped Trump, according to the same reports.
There is probably no former Justice Department official who is better positioned to testify about Trump’s direct involvement in whatever action took place within the DOJ during that critical point that led to January 6th. This leads to the next obvious question. Given that other former officials inside and outside Trump’s DOJ are fighting subpoenas, why is one of the most exposed individuals readily complying with the subpoena?
No one but Clark and his lawyer can know for sure, but one can responsibly speculate that Clark’s motivation may be directly rooted in his almost obvious guilt. Clark may be betting on the fact that the others will lose their battle against the subpoenas and eventually testify about Clark’s role. This will help Clark considerably if he can point to the fact that he has been helping in the investigation all the time voluntarily, and perhaps even coming to an agreement on possible immunity.
It is not speculation to say that this may be the day on which the House Select Committee hears its most meaningful and powerful testimony yet. Clark’s testimony was able to reveal information that was previously known only directly to the precious couple. The public is unlikely to hear details about Clark’s testimony today. But it will be interesting to look at the body language later in the day and hear the members’ statements after hearing from Clark.
Jason Miciak is a political writer, with writer, writer and lawyer. He is originally from Canada, but grew up in the Pacific Northwest as a dual Canadian-American citizen, for which he is becoming increasingly grateful every day. He now enjoys life as a single dad, writing from the shores of the Gulf Coast, getting advice from his beloved daughter and teammate. He is very much the dreamy mystic who cannot add and loves dogs more than most people. He also enjoys studying cooking, theoretical physics, cosmology and quantum mechanics. He likes pizza.
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