Jan. 6 panel weighs contempt after brief deposition with former Trump DOJ official Clark
By Rebecca Beitsch - 11/05/21 03:57 PM EDT
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, said he would not rule out contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Trump Department of Justice official implicated in the former president's efforts to forward his election fraud claims.
“It’s under consideration, absolutely,” Thompson said.
Thompson’s comments came after a relatively brief deposition with Clark, who sat down with committee staff on Friday and apparently refused to respond to questions.
Photos of Clark arriving and leaving the deposition shared by reporters for CNN and CBS suggest he sat with investigators for under two hours — a short time frame, considering how long such depositions can go on.
Clark’s testimony was sought by the committee because he was at the center of Trump’s election efforts at the DOJ.
“You proposed that the department send a letter to state legislators in Georgia and other states suggesting that they delay certification of their election results and hold a press conference announcing that the department was investigating allegations of voter fraud,” the House panel wrote in its October subpoena to Clark.
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