.MaddowBlog: 'The mob takes the Fifth Amendment,' Trump used to say. 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' And then there's Jeffrey Clark.
as part of a possible Justice Department overhaul with only two weeks remaining in Trump's term.
We now know, of course, that Clark's scheme wasn't executed, and he didn't become the acting attorney general in January. But given the role he played in Trump's anti-election efforts, it didn't come as a surprise when the bipartisan House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attackSo far, the former Justice Department official has refused to cooperate — he showed up at a November meeting, bickered with investigators,As Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the Jan.
In fact, given the nature of the Fifth Amendment, Thompson added,"Obviously, he is aware that something went on that is illegal."
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