
Trump Briefly Appointed Jeff Clark Acting Attorney General Before Jan. 6: Attorney
WASHINGTON—Three days into former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeff Clark’s disciplinary hearing, his lead counsel made a startling revelation about the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. It is well known that then-President Donald Trump considered elevating Mr. Clark to the post of acting attorney general when other department officials refused to aid his efforts to contest the 2020 election in Georgia. According to Mr. Clark’s lawyer, Harry MacDougald, President Trump had actually made the appointment but it only lasted a few hours. “There was a period on January 3, where he was the acting attorney general until the President changed his mind later that day,” Mr. MacDougald said on March 28. He made the assertion during Mr. Clark’s D.C. bar disciplinary hearing, in which he faces sanctions or disbarment....
