The statement from Inspector General Michael Horowitz comes after The New York Times reported that Jeffrey Clarke, the department's acting assistant attorney general for the civil division, had plotted with then President Donald Trump in a failed attempt to oust the acting attorney general at the time so that a probe of alleged voter fraud in Georgia could be launched.

監察長邁克爾-霍洛維茨的聲明是在《紐約時報》報道該部門負責民事部門的代理助理檢察長傑弗裡-克拉克（Jeffrey Clarke）與當時的總統唐納德-特朗普（Donald Trump）密謀，試圖將當時的代理檢察長趕下臺，以便對佐治亞州涉嫌的選民欺詐進行調查，但失敗了。

The Times reported that Clark was sympathetic to Trump's so called stop the Steal campaign and that he met with Republican Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to discuss a plan to have the Justice Department sent Georgia a letter disclosing the department would investigate the election results.

泰晤士報》報道稱，克拉克對特朗普的所謂停止偷竊運動表示同情，他與賓夕法尼亞州的共和黨議員斯科特-佩裡會面，討論了讓司法部向佐治亞州發函披露該部門將調查選舉結果的計劃。

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

但在該部門其他高級領導人威脅說，如果克拉克被任命為代理檢察長，他將辭職，這一陰謀最終被挫敗。

On December 1st, former Attorney General Bill Barr said the Justice Department had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud, even as Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, sought to push the DOJ toe look into their false claim that the election had been stolen.

12月1日，前司法部長比爾-巴爾表示，司法部沒有發現大範圍選民舞弊的證據，即使特朗普和他的律師魯迪-朱利安尼試圖推動司法部調查他們關於選舉被盜的虛假說法。

Bar later submitted his resignation, stepping down just before Christmas.

巴後來提交了辭呈，在聖誕節前下臺。