JUST IN: Jan. 6 committee recommends contempt charge against ex-Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark; will give Clark a final chance to comply with subpoena at deposition Saturday after his attorney indicated he intends to claim Fifth Amendment protection.
Jeffrey Clark, former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Sept. 14, 2020.The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol voted Wednesday night to advance a measure to refer former Trump Justice Department officialto his previous employer for criminal contempt of Congress, but is also giving him one last chance to testify.
"I have informed Mr. Clark’s attorney that I am willing to convene another deposition at which Mr. Clark can assert that privilege on a question-by-question basis, which is what the law requires of someone who asserts the privilege against self-incrimination. Mr. Clark has agreed to do so." The panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said the committee"will not finalize this contempt process if Mr. Clark genuinely cures his failure to comply with the subpoena this Saturday."
Clark later told Rosen if he didn't do want Trump wanted, Trump would fire Rosen and put Clark in his job, the report said. Rosen refused to relent, and Trump's efforts were stymied after DOJ leadership warned of mass resignations if Trump followed through with the plan, according to the Senate report., which had first reported on Trump's efforts at DOJ, that"There was a candid discussion of options and pros and cons with the president.
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