Judge to decide if former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark's Georgia election case will be moved to federal court
Following a hearing, a federal judge will now decide on former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark's bid to get his Georgia election interference case removed to federal court. A federal judge will decide on former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark's bid to get his Georgia election interference case removed to federal court. Clark is one of five defendants in the Fulton County DA's case who have filed for removal based on a federal law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings brought in state court to the federal court system when someone is charged for actions they allegedly took as a federal official acting "under color" of their office. At a hearing Monday, Clark's attorney argued that Clark's action in drafting a letter to send to Georgia officials saying there was evidence of voter fraud would have been "impossible" if he wasn't acting under the color of his office -- and therefore the case should be removed to federal c...