Federal agents conducted a search Wednesday at the home of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who played a key role in President Donald Trump’s efforts to get law enforcement officials to challenge Joe Biden’s election victory.

The search was confirmed by Clark’s current employer, who said in a written message that agents led a pajama-clad Clark out of his house in suburban Virginia in the early morning and “took his electronic devices.”

Asked Thursday whether federal authorities were at the home in Lorton on Wednesday, around the same time that federal agents were delivering subpoenas and taking other investigative steps around the country, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. confirmed that “there was law enforcement activity in that general area yesterday.”

Clark, an environmental lawyer, now works at the Center for Renewing America, a conservative advocacy group. His boss there, Russell Vought, who during the Trump administration was director of the Office of Management and Budget, offered this description of the search:

“More than a dozen DOJ law enforcement officials searched Jeff Clark’s house in a predawn raid, put him in the streets in his PJs, and took his electronic devices. All because Jeff saw fit to investigate voter fraud. This is not America, folks. … We stand by Jeff and so must all patriots in this country.”

Clark’s attorney, Harry W. MacDougald, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Clark appeared on Fox News...

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