Jeffrey Clark Refuses To Cooperate As 1/6 Committee Rejects His Executive Privilege Claim

Trump coup co-conspirator Jeffrey Clark refused to reply questions arsenic the 1/6 Committee rejected his enforcement privilege claim.

Here is simply a statement from the 1/6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS):

Mr. Clark’s implicit nonaccomplishment to cooperate contiguous is unacceptable. His refusal to reply questions astir the erstwhile President’s effort to usage the Department of Justice to overturn the predetermination is successful nonstop opposition to his supervisors astatine the Department, who person travel successful and answered the committee’s questions connected these important topics. It’s astounding that idiosyncratic who truthful precocious held a presumption of nationalist spot to uphold the Constitution would present fell down vague claims of privilege by a erstwhile President, garbage to reply questions astir an onslaught connected our democracy, and proceed an battle connected the regularisation of law.

As prescribed by the House Rules, I person considered Mr. Clark’s assertion of privilege and rejected it. He has a precise abbreviated clip to reconsider and cooperate fully.  We request the accusation that helium is withholding, and we are consenting to instrumentality beardown measures to clasp him accountable to conscionable his obligation.

It is not astonishing that Trump’s hand-picked idiosyncratic to instrumentality implicit the DOJ and usage the Department to transportation retired a coup would not reply questions. Clark has damaging accusation astir the coup crippled and the coup plotters, including Donald Trump.

It looks like Trump is connected the accelerated way toward losing his enforcement privilege assertion successful court, but the committee needs the Justice Department to measurement it up and prosecute Steve Bannon.

Other co-conspirators volition travel Bannon’s pb unless the DOJ prosecutes Bannon oregon the House passes Rep. Ted Lieu’s inherent contempt rule. 

The coup plotters are trying to tally retired the clock, truthful enactment indispensable beryllium taken to marque them fearfulness the 1/6 Committee.