New Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called for an investigation into Donald Trump\u2019s reported plot to use a loyalist within the Department of Justice to wield the might of the federal government to overturn Georgia\u2019s presidential election results.<\/p>\n
Trump plotted with Department of Justice lawyer Jeffrey Clark to replace Acting Attorney General\u00a0Jeff Rosen, who repeatedly rebuffed Trump\u2019s demands to take action to overturn Georgia voters\u2019 choice for president, several inside sources told The New York Times. The scheme hit a snag when Justice officials said they would all resign if Rosen was fired.<\/p>\n
Schumer referred to the plot in a tweet as \u201cattempted sedition,\u201d intended to \u201csubvert the will of the people.\u201d He called for the inspector general of the Justice Department to launch an investigation. He also noted that the Senate will \u201cmove forward\u201d with Trump\u2019s impeachment trial, hinting that the scheme could become part of the former president\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n
Bloomberg reported that Clark, who resigned from the DOJ Jan. 14, is now \u201cradioactive\u201d to future potential employers.<\/p>\n
Law firms are increasingly aware of reputation hits linked to being connected with someone like Clark, legal industry consultant Kent Zimmermann told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think most firms are committed to upholding the rule of law and feel strongly about that, and I think that Jeff Clark would be radioactive in their minds and inconsistent with their values,\u201d added Zimmerman, who works for the Zeughauser Group.<\/p>\n
Clark \u201ccategorically denied\u201d to the Times that he devised a plot with Trump to bounce Rosen, but said he couldn\u2019t go into details about the former president or Justice Department lawyers due to \u201cthe strictures of legal privilege.\u201d Trump and Rosen refused to comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n