House Capitol attack panel issues subpoena to Trump official Jeffrey Clark
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from on (#5QPCY)
In targeting Clark, House investigators followed up on a Senate report that detailed his efforts to abuse the DoJ to support Trump
The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack on Wednesday issued a subpoena to top Trump justice department official Jeffrey Clark, escalating its inquiry into the former president's efforts to reinstall himself in office and the 6 January insurrection.
The new subpoena underscores the select committee's far-reaching mandate in scrutinizing the origins of the Capitol attack, as it pursues an investigation into Donald Trump's role in pressuring the justice department (DoJ) to do his bidding in the final weeks of his presidency.
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