Trump nearly installed him as acting attorney general, but backed down when Justice Department leadership threatened to resign en masse if he did. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via Associated Press)Ī former assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, Clark wanted the agency to investigate claims of fraud and issue a letter to key states stating that there was wrongdoing in their elections that their legislatures should examine. The former president is also charged in Fulton County, Ga., along with 18 others, in an indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy to try to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, including coordinated efforts to lie to state lawmakers, the courts and the public in an effort to remain in office. 6, 2021, electoral college count and official certification of the results and another to deny citizens’ right to vote and to have their votes counted. In the other case brought by Smith, Trump and others are accused of trying to discount legitimate votes and subvert the 2020 presidential election results through three criminal conspiracies: one to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the election one to impede the Jan. In the first, Trump is accused of improperly keeping classified records after leaving office defying a subpoena ordering their return and obstructing FBI efforts to prove he still possessed them. Special counsel Jack Smith has brought two federal cases against Trump. Former President Trump faces four felony criminal cases in the coming months, and the indictments have thrust into the spotlight little-known names along with others that are familiar to the public.
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