ThestatementfromInspectorGeneralMichaelHorowitzcomesafterTheNewYorkTimesreportedthatJeffreyClarke, thedepartment's actingassistantattorneygeneralforthecivildivision, hadplottedwiththenPresidentDonaldTrumpin a failedattempttoousttheactingattorneygeneralatthetimesothat a probeofallegedvoterfraudinGeorgiacouldbelaunched.
TheTimesreportedthatClarkwassympathetictoTrump's socalledstoptheStealcampaignandthathemetwithRepublicanCongressmanScottPerryofPennsylvaniatodiscuss a plantohavetheJusticeDepartmentsentGeorgia a letterdisclosingthedepartmentwouldinvestigatetheelectionresults.