- Former U.S. President Donald Trump apparently pressured U.S. officials to overthrow his defeat in the election.
- Handwritten notes show that Trump has already taken these steps.
- Trump lost to Joe Biden in the last US election.
Documents released by congressional investigators show that President Donald Trump pressured senior U.S. Justice Department officials in December to overthrow his defeat in the election and threatened that if they did not comply with his request, they would They ousted.
The handwritten notes recorded by the then acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue and released by the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Friday paint a damn picture of Trump as he desperately Seeking to allow the department to take unprecedented measures to intervene in the 2020 presidential election.
The fact that the Department of Justice allowed handwritten notes to congressional investigators marked a major shift in the Trump administration, which has repeatedly invoked executive privileges to evade congressional scrutiny.
The newly released note details the call on December 27. A few days later, Jeffrey Rosen, who was appointed acting attorney general, told Trump on the phone: “Understand that the Justice Department can’t + won’t Snap the finger + change the outcome of the election.”
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“Don’t expect you to do that,” Trump replied. “Just say that the election is corrupt + the rest is handed over to me and Republican congressmen,” when referring to Republicans.
As part of the ongoing investigation, the transformation of the Justice Department will make it easier for the House Oversight Committee to interview key witnesses and collect evidence against Trump.
Earlier this week, the Justice Department decided that because of “convincing legislative interests,” it authorized six former Trump administration officials to be interviewed, including Rosen and Donohue, as well as the former White House office who resigned under pressure. Office Director Mark Meadows is from Trump, former Deputy Attorney General Patrick Hovakimian, and former Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark.
Maloney said in a statement: “The committee has begun arranging interviews with key witnesses to investigate the full scope of the former president’s corruption. I will use all the tools at my disposal to ensure that the testimony of all witnesses is protected immediately. “
Clark is currently at the core of an ongoing investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general because it is reported that he and Trump are conspiring to overthrow Rosen so that he can investigate suspected voter fraud in Georgia.
According to handwritten notes, during the call with Rosen on December 27, Trump threatened to hold Clark in charge and told Rosen: “People tell me Jeff Clark is great and I should let him join. People want me to replace The leadership of the Ministry of Justice.”
Throughout the phone call, Trump repeatedly emphasized the false claims that the election was stolen. “You may not follow the Internet as much as I do,” Trump said.
Rosen and Donohue tried to tell Trump many times that his information was incorrect.
“We are doing our job,” Note said. “Most of the information you get is fake.”
More than a week later, based on Trump’s false statement that the election was stolen, thousands of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol and failed to prevent Congress from proving President Joe Biden’s election victory.
