Jan. 6 Panel Recommends Contempt Charge Against Former Trump DOJ Official

A file image of Jeff Clark, the then assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Sept. 14, 2020. Susan Walsh, Pool/AP Photo

The Democrat-led commission investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach approved a report on Wednesday recommending a contempt charge against former Trump Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark.

Clark had testified before the committee last month but was not cooperative, according to the committee’s chairman, Rep. Benny Thompson (D-Miss.)