committee chairman bennie thompson said clark did not answer any questions. >> my understanding is he did not cooperate. and we will look forward after our meeting this afternoon as to next steps. i have as chair the ability to rule on some of the issues that were raised. >> reporter: one of those steps could be a criminal contempt referral of congress. clark is a key figure in the january 6th probe. a trump loyalist, who peddled false claims about election fraud within the department, with the goal of getting the v agency to investigate the claims. clark had a lot to do with this plan and he was apparently making a play to become the attorney general. >> reporter: clark's efforts were rebuffed by the two men running the doj at the time. acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen and his deputy, richard donohue. both men had already sat before the committee for lengthy interviews.