The panel voted to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who refused to answer the committee’s questions.
over documents and interviews, arguing that his private conversations and actions at the time should be shielded from public view. As the current officeholder, President Biden has so far rejected Trump’s claims.
But Clark’s attorney, Harry MacDougald, said during the interview that Clark was protected not only by Trump’s assertions of executive privilege but also by several other privileges MacDougald claimed Clark should be afforded. The committee rejected those arguments, and MacDougald and Clark walked out of the interview after around 90 minutes of discussions.
Despite Trump’s false claims about a stolen election — the primary motivation for the violent mob that broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of Biden’s victory — the results were confirmed by state officials and upheld by the courts.
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