The former Trump DOJ official said on the witness stand that 'a veritable phalanx of privileges' allowed him to avoid answering questions.
The former Trump DOJ official said on the witness stand that “a veritable phalanx of privileges” allowed him to avoid answering questions.
“I will invoke the Fifth,” Clark said in response to a question about when he first met Trump. Clark also said the question was covered by attorney-client, law enforcement and executive privileges. “A veritable phalanx of privileges,” Clark added wryly as the exercise wore on. Clark’s turn on the stand Wednesday capped a case by bar discipline authorities who may seek to revoke Clark’s license to practice law in Washington, D.C. Thepresented by attorneys for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel featured testimony from former acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen, his deputy Richard Donoghue and
Rosen recalled that Clark, initially, was not “forthcoming” about how he had ended up pursuing questions about election fraud even though it was far outside his “lane” at the Justice Department. And he and others repeatedly urged Trump not to elevate Clark. Clark began presenting his defense in the case Wednesday afternoon. He has indicated he intends to call statistical and data analysts, GOP election officials and other allies who raised their own concerns about the election results in states like Georgia and Pennsylvania, an attempt to argue that Clark had a legitimate basis for dissenting from his superiors.
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