Top Biden-Garland DOJ official lied to the Senate, a felony.
Is she "above the law'?
Kristen Clarke, a former (I hope) black supremacist, is the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Biden-Garland Department of Justice. She gained that position following a contentious confirmation process before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
As part of that process, Sen. Tom Cotton asked Clarke whether she “had ever been arrested for or accused of committing a violent crime against any person.” Clarke answered “No.”
But now, Clarke has admitted that in 2006, she was arrested for attacking and injuring her then-husband with a knife. It has also come to light that shortly before the full Senate voted on Clarke’s nomination, she contacted the victim in an attempt to cover up her arrest and her lie.
Accordingly, Sen. Cotton has sent a letter to Attorney General Garland calling for Clarke’s immediate removal from her post as Assistant Attorney General. Cotton reminds Garland of his testimony before the Judiciary Committee that “the integrity of our legal system is premised on adherence to the rule of law” and that “in order to have confidence in our Department and our democracy, the American people must be able to trust that we will adhere to the rule of law in everything that we do.”
By lying to the Senate, Kristen Clarke has demonstrated that she does not adhere to the rule of law. By Garland’s own reckoning, we can have no confidence in a Justice Department where she holds a top position.
By lying to the Senate, Clarke has also committed a felony — one that’s aggravated by her attempted cover up. Thus, she’s the subject of ethics complaints and a criminal referral filed by Mike Davis of the Article III project.
As far as I know, Garland has not responded to Cotton’s letter which was sent two weeks ago. And Clarke certainly has not been removed, much less criminally charged. I don’t expect she will be removed or charged, either under Joe Biden or under Kamala (the Prosecutor) Harris.
Merrick Garland and others in the Biden administration love to intone that “nobody is above the law.” But Kristen Clarke seems to be.
Sill you, Paul. You actually think the law is evenly applied?
I continue to be flabbergasted by the lack of ethics displayed by so many “public servants.”If true, she should not only be fired but should also lose her ticket to practice.