Top Trump election denier whines about earning a reputation that 'he has lost his mind'
Former Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark defended his legal prowess on Monday after he claimed people believed he "lost his mind" over the 2020 presidential election.
Clark, facing disciplinary proceedings by the District of Columbia Bar, complained to podcast host Steve Bannon about the way he had been "painted" by his critics after working to overturn the election.
Former President Donald Trump considered appointing Clark as his acting attorney general in a bid to stay in power in the final days of his presidency.
"I could see that there were all kinds of problems and that the election system was essentially under attack," Clark told Bannon. "And you had Bill Barr before the election, you know, pointing out that mail-in ballots are very dangerous, right? So I knew all that. I also knew about the Zuckerberg efforts, right? And, you know, the Justice Department has a lot of different tools at its disposal."
Clark pointed out that the Trump administration never investigated election contributions from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
"So I was painted as, you know, somehow, you know, he has lost his mind," he ranted. "The other thing they did, which is particularly irksome to me, Steve, at the January 6th hearings about a year ago, is, you know, they painted me as, you know, not understanding anything about various areas of the law, which, you know, is particularly rich given that I was the only assistant attorney general who simultaneously ran two divisions."
Clark, a former environmental lawyer, said other members of the Justice Department were given more authority than him.
"And me, who is actually a legal expert on a lot of different topics, was painted as if I didn't know anything other than about oil spills," he griped. "That's become a big meme I get hit with on Twitter every day is, we'll call you when there's an oil spill."