Thread by @Peaceful_411

Thread/Bias: @RepRaskin's question, "Who is the attorney & who is the client covered by the attorney-client privilege here?" sliced through former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark's bias and finally 'woke' him up to the fact that Trump was never his client. The fed government was. 1/

During his deposition, Clark's attorney gave the @January6thCmte staff a 12-page letter objecting to almost every question on the grounds that Trump was entitled to confidential legal advice - what Clark's attorney called a "sacred trust." 2/

Using "sacred trust" makes sense if Clark was Michael Cohen & Trump was his client. But the DOJ represents the United States NOT an individual - or that would make Trump a king. I think Clark may have just realized how far down he went down the 'confirmation bias' rabbit hole. 3/

Clark then has a sudden health condition that further delays his rescheduled deposition, followed by Trump's real personal attorney, Eastman, pleading the 5th because he got "woke" & realized he was listening to a client who may be POTUS but that doesn't mean he is the law. 4/

Think about it. No former Kirkland & Ellis attorney, who served as an Assistant Attorney General at Justice would ever show up to a deposition with Congress just to plead the 5th halfway through and walk out.

You just pull a Flynn and Bannon and not show up. 5/

And now here comes Roger Stone joining the Fifth Amendment glee club.

Because he definitely would know you can't lie to Congress anymore and not be charged.

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