Jeffrey Clark

Clark, a lawyer, was deeply involved in efforts to get the Department of Justice to embrace President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.

Five people died on that day or in the immediate aftermath, and 140 police officers were assaulted. Charges: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants have been charged with seditious conspiracy, joining Oathkeepers leader Stewart Rhodes and about two dozen associates in being indicted for their participation in the Capitol attack. Until Wednesday, however, those investigative efforts seemed to primarily involve talking to people in Republican circles who knew of the plan and objected. It was carried out in conjunction with what appears to be a significant expansion of the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation, now reaching far beyond the rioters who stormed the Capitol that day. It will share it’s findings in a series of hearings starting June 9. Congressional hearings: The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has conducted more than 1,000 interviews over the last year. Find the latest here. “Yesterday, more than a dozen DOJ law enforcement officials searched Jeff Clark’s house in a predawn raid, put him in the streets in his PJs, and took his electronic devices. But they are covering similar ground in some cases. Clark, an environmental lawyer, now works at the Center for Renewing America, a conservative advocacy group. As part of that prong of the investigation, federal agents on Wednesday served a subpoena to David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, who served as a Trump elector in that state, as well as to a lawyer in Georgia and a former Trump campaign official who worked in Arizona and New Mexico. All because Jeff saw fit to investigate voter fraud.

The law enforcement action comes as the Jan 6 committee prepares to detail Trump's pressure campaign to install Clark as acting attorney general.

Russell Vought, a former Trump administration official who now heads the conservative Center for Renewing America, defended Clark, who has served as a fellow for the group. Donoghue also is scheduled to testify Thursday. Jan. 6 committee evidence: Is the Jan. 6 committee sitting on explosive evidence of Trump's role in the Capitol assault? The law enforcement action comes as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol prepared to outline how Trump unsuccessfully sought to install Clark as acting attorney general to pursue false allegations of election fraud. Follow the Jan. 6 hearing live: Former Justice Department officials to testify on Trump plan to install friendly AG - Jan. 6 live blog The law enforcement action comes as the Jan 6 committee prepares to detail Trump's pressure campaign to install Clark as acting attorney general.

Law enforcement officials searched the Virginia home of former top Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, according to his employer and former Trump ...

Vought tweeted that the raid on Clark’s house was "[a]ll because Jeff saw fit to investigate voter fraud. The search appears to be a dramatic escalation of DOJ’s investigations of Trump allies and associates. Select panel members, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), attributed the delay to challenges involved in producing videos for that and other sessions. “This is what I was referring to when I said that, while the Department of Justice has a policy about not speaking about any ongoing investigation, you can usually see signs of it with the convening of a grand jury or the execution of a search warrant or the serving of subpoenas. And now we’re starting to see some of that activity, and going beyond a focus on those who broke into this building on January 6.” In late 2020, Clark urged the then-acting attorney general Jeff Rosen to send a letter to top Georgia officials calling for a special session of the legislature.

Jeffrey Clark, whom Donald Trump planned to install as acting attorney general, will be discussed by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The committee intends to show how Trump planned to install Clark, who at the time was an environmental lawyer at DOJ, as his new acting attorney general to help spread the false claim that Biden's win was the result of widespread ballot fraud in a handful of swing states. Federal agents on Wednesday visited the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who as a top Department of Justice official was part of a plan by then-President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. News of the unusual visit broke hours before the House panel investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol was set to hold a public hearing on Trump's pressure on DOJ. - Federal agents visited the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who as a top Department of Justice official was part of a plan by then-President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election - The committee intends to show how Trump planned to install Clark as his new acting attorney general to help spread the false claim that President Joe Biden's win was the result of ballot fraud. - The unusual visit came a day before Clark was set to be the subject of testimony before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.

Clark played a key role in former president Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

“Yesterday more than a dozen DOJ law enforcement officials searched Jeff Clark’s house in a pre dawn raid, put him in the streets in his pjs, and took his electronic devices. Several former Trump-era DOJ officials are slated to testify on Thursday, including Rosen and Donoghue. Recent reporting detailed the Oval Office meeting in which both Rosen and Richard Donoghue, then the acting deputy attorney general, informed the president that mass resignations would occur at the DOJ were he to elevate Clark to attorney general.

Trump had considered installing Clark as attorney general after acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen refused to investigate.

"He's never even been to Chris Wray's office," Donoghue said, referring to the FBI director. "In my response, I explained a number of reasons this is not the department's role to suggest or dictate the state legislatures how they should select their electors." - Donoghue also said he told Clark, "You're an environmental lawyer. It may have spiraled us into a constitutional crisis." "When I said, 'This is nothing less than Justice Department meddling in an election,' his reaction was, 'I think a lot of people have meddled in this election.'" - He later testified he made clear to the president that Clark was "completely incompetent" to run the department.

Former Trump Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark sounded off Thursday on the Fox News program "Tucker Carlson Tonight" after the January 6 hearing.

And increasingly I don't recognize the country anymore with these kinds of Stasi-like things happening," he said, making a reference to the East German secret-police. "That obviously requires a high level of coordination." "I quickly figured out that there were agents there. "This never happened," said Perry, a Camp Hill Republican who previously called the committee "illegitimate." When asked about Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, Clark said when the latter was a federal judge he believed he offered a fair trial to Clark's then-client, who ultimately settled out of court. So I came outside."