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"Through his attorney, Mr. Clark has informed the Select
Committee of a medical condition that precludes his
participation in tomorrow's meeting and he has provided ample
evidence of his claim," the House of Representatives Select
Committee said on Friday, adding it had agreed to postpone the
deposition until Dec. 16.
The panel had been expected to ask Clark about allegations that
he tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election.
He was expected to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against
self-incrimination, which could help stave off contempt charges
the committee has already recommended against him.
Several people have said in sworn testimony that Clark
encouraged Trump to oust the acting attorney general, Jeffrey
Rosen, and install him as head of the department so he could
launch investigations to bolster Trump's false election fraud
claims. Trump dropped the idea after discovering that all of the
remaining top Justice Department officials would quit if he
appointed Clark.
A former head of the Justice Department's Environmental and
Natural Resources Division, Clark clashed with his colleagues
long before the election drama. According to Reuters reporting,
he tried to block major pollution cases and created a "Trespass
Team" to find ways to use nuisance laws to go after protesters
in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2020.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru and Andy Sullivan in
Washington; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Rosalba O'Brien)
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