24 Facts About Jeffrey Clark

Jeffrey Bossert Clark was born on April 17,1967 and is an American lawyer who is Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget.

In 2020 and 2021, Jeffrey Clark allegedly helped then-president Donald Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Jeffrey Clark was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Trump considered installing Clark as head of the Department of Justice when acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen refused to lend credence to Trump's false claims of fraud, but backed off when faced with the prospect of mass resignations within the Department of Justice if he made the change.

Jeffrey Clark resigned from the Department of Justice on January 14,2021, after controversy over his post-election actions.

Jeffrey Clark was born on April 17,1967, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey Clark graduated from Father Judge High School in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia.

Jeffrey Clark was on the parliamentary debate team at Harvard College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and history in 1989.

Jeffrey Clark received a Master of Arts in urban affairs and public policy from the University of Delaware in 1993, and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1995.

In June 2017, Jeffrey Clark was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.

Jeffrey Clark was confirmed by the Senate on October 11,2018.

In late December 2020 and early January 2021, Jeffrey Clark tried unsuccessfully to get the Justice Department to support Trump's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Jeffrey Clark became an ally of Trump in his attempt to overturn the election results.

Jeffrey Clark was introduced to Trump by Republican congressman Scott Perry.

On December 28,2020, Jeffrey Clark emailed Rosen and Donoghue a draft letter which he reportedly had discussed with Perry, requesting they sign it.

In early January 2021, Jeffrey Clark challenged an intelligence briefing top Justice Department officials had received from Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe finding there was no evidence foreign powers had interfered with voting machines.

Trump expected that if Jeffrey Clark became acting attorney general, he would reverse the decisions of previous attorneys general and publicly declare that DOJ had serious concerns about the election results.

Jeffrey Clark added that he could not discuss any conversations he had with Trump or with Justice Department lawyers because of legal privilege.

Jeffrey Clark further noted that he had been the lead signatory on the Justice Department's letter opposing a claim that Vice President Mike Pence had the power to reject electoral votes for Biden when Congress met to certify the result.

Jeffrey Clark resigned from the Justice Department on January 14,2021.

In October 2021, an ethics complaint against Jeffrey Clark, regarding his conduct when attempting to overturn the 2020 election, was filed with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Media Matters reported the next day that in May 2022 Jeffrey Clark promoted the disproven Dinesh D'Souza film 2000 Mules while taunting law professor Steve Vladeck and Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias on Twitter.

On July 22,2022, Jeffrey Clark was accused of violating ethics rules by the DC Bar Office of Disciplinary Counsel which filed ethics charges against him for alleged interference in the administration of justice in relation to his alleged efforts to keep Trump in power.

Jeffrey Clark later went on to become the Senior Fellow and Director of Litigation at the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank that focuses on combatting critical race theory that was founded by Trump's OMB director and Jeffrey Clark's friend Russell Vought.