'She Lied Under Oath': Lee Demands Resignation of Top DoJ Official

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Lee weighed in on Clarke following a Daily Signal report revealing that Clarke, who testified in 2021 to senators that she had never been arrested for or accused of committing a violent crime, was involved in a violent domestic dispute with her now ex-husband, one in which he alleged that she sliced his finger to the bone with a knife.

Court documents, records, and text messages obtained by The Daily Signal indicate that Clarke was arrested, but that arrest was ultimately expunged.

“Since becoming a legal adult, have you ever been arrested for or accused of committing a violent crime against any person?” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., asked then-nominee Clarke in 2021, to which she responded, “No,” according to responses she submitted to the Senate under oath in a document called “Questions for the Record.”

Ed Morrissey

Looks like a straightforward case of felony under 18 USC 1001. That doesn't get prosecuted much when people lie to Congress, but prosecutions and convictions do happen -- just ask Michael Cohen. Having the arrest expunged may or may not matter for a prosecution, but lying to Congress should be at least a disqualifying event for officials in the Department of Justice. 

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