Capitol riot testimony of former Trump Justice Dept official Jeffrey Clark delayed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The legislature committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol has delayed grounds by Jeffrey Clark, a erstwhile elder authoritative astatine the Justice Department, due to the fact that helium has retained a caller lawyer.

“Mr. Clark has been granted a little postponement arsenic a effect of his retaining caller counsel,” a committee adjutant said connected Friday.

The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 battle connected the spot of the U.S. authorities announced connected Oct. 13 that it had issued a subpoena to Clark asking him to nutrient records and attest astatine a deposition by Oct. 29.

Clark was acting caput of the Justice Department’s civilian part during the presidency of erstwhile Republican President Donald Trump. He was a proponent of Trump’s unfounded claims that Democrat Joe Biden’s triumph successful the November 2020 predetermination was the effect of fraud.

In announcing it subpoenaed Clark, the committee said it needed to recognize each the details astir efforts wrong the erstwhile medication to amplify misinformation astir predetermination results.

Trump gave a code espousing his predetermination fraud mentation astatine a raucous rally connected Jan. 6, erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence and Congress met to certify Biden’s election. Trump urged his supporters to “fight similar hell,” sending thousands of them to march connected the Capitol.

(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)