WASHINGTON — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who faced the threat of being held in contempt of Congress, appeared Wednesday for closed-door questioning before a House panel investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The panel wanted to question Clark about whether he pressured colleagues at the Department of Justice to aid in former President Donald Trump’s failed attempts to undo his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Neither Clark nor the committee made any statements after the session.
The panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans unanimously voted in December to advance a criminal contempt of Congress resolution against Clark.
