In the first three installments, journalist Rachel Alexander detailed how the former New Mexico State University law professor was fired from his job, unveiled corrupt election practices, and has been targeted by leftists and witches for his efforts through five efforts to disbar him. He is now facing a sixth investigation from the state bar association.
Amid all the distractions, Clements managed to write and direct an explosive documentary about the January 6 protest against the 2020 election results and how J6 “rioters” were targeted by the Biden administration called Let My People Go.
But even that was not free from lawfare. The documentary was hacked during its release and cancelled by its credit card processing and DVD packaging companies. Just after the launch, Clements was targeted by the IRS.
The film’s cinematographer and editor, Kent Esmeier, had a front-row seat for all of that action.
“You’ll notice the film is uncredited with exception of the J6 prisoners,” he pointed out. “David did not want the artists to be targeted, even if that meant no one knew we made the film. [We spent] many early mornings, late nights, going back and forth, editing.
“He’s fueled by the Holy Spirit and a never-ending cup of coffee. I’m glad to call him my friend.”
Starting a Ministry
I asked Clements how he keeps his perspective, not letting the lawfare get to him.
“People like Jake [Lang],” he responded. “No matter how bad things are, someone is going through something worse. Focusing on the J6 prisoners has helped me not do the pity party thing.”
In 2021, Clements started a ministry called “The Prisoners Record,” which served the needs of J6 prisoners. Tim Rivers, creator of the book The American Gulag Chronicles offered his thoughts on what the ministry has meant.
“Over the four years of the Biden administration’s pursuit of January 6 protestors, The Prisoners Record’s nightly prayer vigils have continued without a missing a single day,” he said. “Its discussion channels became a center point of resistance and communications. Other subchannels were formed from it. Some focused on commissary needs and letter writing … others on calls to action. But in hindsight, they all sprang organically from The Prisoner’s Record. They raised over $2 million that went directly to prisoners.”
As with the rest of his efforts, Clements refused to allow any of the administrators to take a salary.
While his friends and colleagues are quick to offer praise, a quick internet search offers countless negative articles about Clements, mostly related to his election advocacy. I asked him if he knew how many.
“I used Google alerts,” he said. “I stopped counting after about a 1,000 hit pieces. I’m not saying these were unique stories. You’d see weird stuff, like a Washington Post article about me being reprinted word-for-word in a Malaysian newspaper. Or a local story from my hometown in New Mexico showing up in a Clemson, South Carolina, student newspaper. So, the same story could be circulating with 50 different publishers. It wasn’t organic.”
A Coordinated Effort?
Clements’s suspicions have all but been confirmed. According to a fact sheet which has since been taken offline, in 2023, USAID funded training and support for 6,200 journalists, assisted 707 non-state news outlets, and supported 279 media-sector civil society organizations. Former Administrator Samantha Power admitted the agency’s role in influencing “strategically important elections” by using the “Democratic Elections Fund.” USAID directed nearly $500 million into the secretive, U.S. government-funded NGO Internews Network, which collaborated with 4,291 media outlets, had produced 4,799 hours of broadcasts in a single year — reaching up to 778 million people — and trained over 9,000 journalists as of 2023.
The Internews Network also has supported social media censorship initiatives. Unsurprisingly, many of the news outlets that published hit pieces about Clements received USAID funding.
“Now understand that the American Bar Association has been proven to receive millions from USAID,” said Clements. “It’s bad enough that the media has been bought off, but organizations that regulate my profession are also on the take.”
I asked Clements to put aside the latest investigation for two last questions. What has been the key to survival, and what’s next? He responded:
“God’s daily provision. His goodness. He has saved our country. This latest investigation is nothing more than an enemy drawing its last dying breath — desperately thrashing about, too stupid to know it’s already defeated.
“We have won. Trump is in. Most J6 prisoners have been pardoned and released. DOGE is kicking butt. And Trump just declared to governors everywhere that we are getting rid of the rigged machines. I’ll get through this, and once Tina Peters is set free, I’ll take a giant victory lap.
“As for what’s next… my cabin burned down in one of those mysterious fires last summer. My family needs to start picking up the pieces to rebuild. We’ll start there.”
Rachel Alexander is the editor and founder of Intellectual Conservative. Named one of the top 78 news influencers on X by Pew Research, she is a reporter for Arizona Sun Times, a regular contributor to Townhall, WND, and more. She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator.
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