
Jan. 6 committee interviews Brad Raffensperger, will move to hold former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark in contempt
ABC News
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack plans to move forward Wednesday with criminal contempt proceedings against a former DOJ official.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack plans to move forward Wednesday with criminal contempt proceedings against former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who declined to cooperate with a panel subpoena and answer committee questions.
On Tuesday, committee members spent four hours interviewing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a source familiar with the interview confirmed to ABC News.
Raffensberger was the target of a pressure campaign from then-President Donald Trump and his aides and allies last year over the results of the presidential election in Georgia. Joe Biden was the first Democrat to carry the state in a presidential election in nearly three decades.
On Wednesday evening the panel will take up a criminal contempt report recommending the full House of Representatives hold Clark, the former acting head of the DOJ's civil division, in contempt of Congress -- the same action taken against Trump adviser Steve Bannon several weeks ago.