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DOJ Attorney Linked to Trump AG Plot Also Intervened in E. Jean Carroll Case

TOADIE?

Jeffrey Clark appears to have signed off personally on the decision for the DOJ to intervene on behalf of Trump in the defamation lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll.

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Jeffrey Clark, the Justice Department attorney who reportedly schemed with the president to oust the acting attorney general, also played a leading role in bringing the DOJ to the president’s defense in a defamation case filed against him personally.

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