Bice: Former Sheriff David Clarke files for divorce in Milwaukee County
Daniel BiceDavid A. Clarke Jr., the former Milwaukee County sheriff, is getting a divorce.
Clarke, 61, filed for divorce from his wife Julie in Milwaukee County Circuit Court earlier this week.
The two have been married since 1996 and live on the city's northwest side. They met during a double-homicide trial in which Clarke was the lead detective and she was a court clerk. She later became a real estate agent.
Neither the ex-sheriff nor his attorney, Daniel Exner, responded to messages on Thursday.
Clarke abruptly resigned as sheriff in August after nearly 16 years to take a job with the pro-Donald Trump super PAC America First Action as a spokesman and senior adviser.
He also created a new company called DAC Enterprises, based in Maryland, and is working for two conservative think tanks, the Capital Research Center and America First Action Policy.
This week, Clarke has been in the news for his conspiracy theory that the children who survived the brutal Parkland, Fla., school shooting last week are actually operatives of liberal billionaire George Soros.
This weekend Clarke is speaking at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservative activists and Republican leaders in National Harbor, Md.
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