Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Re
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Posted On: 07/30/2021 12:03:22 PM
Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show
Like the tresonous orange asshole's phone call to GA pleading for exactly the number of votes he needed to win, yet more evidence of why he called the rally to DC on 1/6 and incited them to do what they did.
Source: NYT
“Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have told top law enforcement officials.
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late last year to declare that the election was corrupt even though they had found no instances of widespread fraud, so that he and his allies in Congress could use the assertion to try to overturn the results, according to new documents provided to lawmakers and obtained by The New York Times.
The demands were an extraordinary instance of a president interfering with an agency that is typically more independent from the White House to advance his personal agenda. They are also the latest example of Mr. Trump’s wide-ranging campaign during his final weeks in office to delegitimize the election results.
The exchange unfolded during a phone call on Dec. 27 in which Mr. Trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, Jeffrey A. Rosen, and his deputy, Richard P. Donoghue, on voter fraud claims that the department had disproved. Mr. Donoghue warned that the department had no power to change the outcome of the election. Mr. Trump replied that he did not expect that, according to notes Mr. Donoghue took memorializing the conversation.
“Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, Mr. Donoghue wrote in summarizing Mr. Trump’s response.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politic...174d028ee0
Like the tresonous orange asshole's phone call to GA pleading for exactly the number of votes he needed to win, yet more evidence of why he called the rally to DC on 1/6 and incited them to do what they did.
Source: NYT
“Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have told top law enforcement officials.
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late last year to declare that the election was corrupt even though they had found no instances of widespread fraud, so that he and his allies in Congress could use the assertion to try to overturn the results, according to new documents provided to lawmakers and obtained by The New York Times.
The demands were an extraordinary instance of a president interfering with an agency that is typically more independent from the White House to advance his personal agenda. They are also the latest example of Mr. Trump’s wide-ranging campaign during his final weeks in office to delegitimize the election results.
The exchange unfolded during a phone call on Dec. 27 in which Mr. Trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, Jeffrey A. Rosen, and his deputy, Richard P. Donoghue, on voter fraud claims that the department had disproved. Mr. Donoghue warned that the department had no power to change the outcome of the election. Mr. Trump replied that he did not expect that, according to notes Mr. Donoghue took memorializing the conversation.
“Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, Mr. Donoghue wrote in summarizing Mr. Trump’s response.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politic...174d028ee0
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