Jeffrey Clark Testifies That Donald Trump Was His Client At The DOJ
Former Justice department official Jeffrey Clark doesn't seem to understand who he was supposed to be working for when he was still at the DOJ. As Raw Story reported, Clark repeatedly cited attorney-client privilege when refusing to answer questions at a disciplinary hearing before the D.C. Bar.
"Mr. Clark, you asserted a number of times attorney-client privilege," Matthews said. "For whom were you the attorney?"
"For President Trump, the head of the executive branch, the sole head, the unitary head of Article Two, the executive branch of the United States government," Clark replied.
At that point, Clark's attorney, Harry MacDougald, urged his client to use his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.
"I would respectfully request my client to invoke questions about the basis for attorney-client privilege because those answers would be intimidating to them as well," MacDougald said. "So respectfully, I would ask him to invoke."
Matthews asked the question again, and Clark followed his attorney's advice.
"So I would respond to that by invoking the same grouping of privileges, with all due respect: the Fifth Amendment at this time, the executive privilege, the law enforcement privilege, the deliberative process privilege, and the attorney-client privilege," Clark said.
Which, as they noted, was met with this response form Marcy Wheeler on Xitter: