Q: On Christmas Eve, your first official day as the acting AG, president Trump called you. What did he want to talk about?
A: The same things he was talking about publicly. He wanted to talk about that he thought the election had been stolen or was corrupt, and that there was widespread fraud. I told him that our reviews had not shown that to be the case. So, we had an extended discussion. Probably 15 - 20 minutes, something like that, with him urging that the DoJ should be doing more with regard to election fraud.
Q: Did he mention Jeff Clark's name?
A: Yes. It was just in passing. He made what I regarded as a peculiar reference. I don't remember the exact quote, but it was something about, "Did I know Jeff Clark," or, "Did I know who he was," or something like that. I told him I did. Then the conversation just moved on. When I hung up, I was quizzical as to, how does the president even know Mr. Clark? I was not aware that they had ever met, or that the president had been involved with any issues in the civil division.
Q: It was a bit of a surprise when he brought his name up?
A: Yes.
Q: So Mr. Clark was the acting head of the civil division and head of environmental and natural resources division within the DoJ. Do either of those divisions have any role in investigating election fraud, sir?
A: No. And to my awareness, Jeff Clark had had no prior involvement of any kind in regard to the work that the DoJ was doing that AG Barr has talked about to this committee.