Raid of Jeffrey Clark’s home escalation of inquiry into election overturn effort

Federal investigators seized his electronic devices in a pre-dawn search before the fifth public hearing by the Capitol attack panel

Federal investigators raided the home of former Trump justice department official Jeffrey Clark early Wednesday in connection with the department's sprawling criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The search of Clark's home in suburban Virginia and the seizure of his electronic devices suggested an escalating inquiry into his involvement in the purported election plot edging ever closer to Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the matter and one of his associates.