DOJ WATCHDOG TO PROBE `ATTEMPT' TO ALTER VOTE

WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog on Monday said his office was launching a probe into whether current or former department officials made an “improper attempt” to seek to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Insp. Gen. Michael Horowitz's announcement came after the New York Times reported that Jeffrey Clark, acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, pictured, had plotted with Donald Trump in a failed attempt to oust then-Attorney General Jeff Rosen so that he could launch a probe of alleged voter fraud in Georgia.

Clark, the Times reported, was sympathetic to Trump's “Stop the Steal” campaign, and he met with Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to discuss a plan to have the Justice Department send Georgia a letter disclosing the department would investigate the election results.

The plot was foiled after other senior leaders in the department threatened to resign if Clark was appointed acting attorney general.