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In the waning days of former President Donald Trump’s first term, he weighed a plan to install DOJ official Jeffrey Clark as his acting attorney general, only to apparently decide against it after the threat of mass resignations at the DOJ convinced him it would backfire. However, Politico reports that an attorney representing Clark is now claiming that Trump really did appoint him to be acting AG, only to rescind the appointment shortly afterward. According to Politico, attorney Harry MacDougald said on Thursday during Clark’s disciplinary hearing that “there was a period on Jan. 3 when he wa…

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