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SCOOP: Trump To Tap Democrat Lawfare Target Jeff Clark As White House Regulation Czar
President Donald Trump is expected to tap Jeffrey Clark as the White House’s regulation czar in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
As associate administrator of OIRA, Clark would work under the recently confirmed Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought to ensure federal agencies not only comply with Trump’s executive orders but also prioritize the Republican’s agenda when crafting agency rules.
Like his role as senior adviser to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s chief legal officer, which was reported last week, Clark’s OIRA position will not require confirmation by the Senate. The administration is relying on his extensive experience as an appellate litigator and administrative law expert for an international law firm as well as his 2012 to 2015 stint as an elected member of the Governing Council of the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law Section to ensure he is equipped to take on the regulatory fights that await him.
The OIRA appointment is a victory for Clark, who spent the last three years fighting an uphill battle against Democrats’ expansive and ongoing lawfare schemes for his role in the first Trump administration’s Department of Justice.
Clark, who served between 2018 and 2021 as assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division and was named acting head of the Civil Division in 2020, specifically came under fire for drafting a letter to Georgia officials noting the Justice Department “identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the [2020] election in multiple States, including the State of Georgia.”
“Jeff Clark stood tall and fought back against the vicious, evil, and unlawful attempts to destroy Trump and all his allies via lawfare, and he did so at great personal cost. There’s a lesson there for the scores of Republican attorneys who said and did nothing to stop the illegal left-wing lawfare and now find themselves on the outside looking in.”
— Sean Davis. @seanmdavis
