Biden DOJ Official Admits to Misleading Congress on Her Arrest Record

Kristen Clarke claims to be a victim of domestic violence and argues that she was not obligated to disclose that information.

Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General at the Justice Department, testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government in Washington on Dec. 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The civil rights chief of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has confessed to lying to Congress about her arrest history during her confirmation hearing three years ago.

Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, admitted on May 1 that she had been arrested in 2006 in relation to a domestic violence complaint but chose not to disclose that information during her 2021 Senate confirmation process.