DOJ Inspector General launches probe into whether senior officials tried to overturn election results after Trump plot to fire his acting AG and replace him with lawyer willing to declare fraud was revealed
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced Monday he opened an investigation into current and former officials at the agency
The probe will seek to find whether any DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election.
The announcement comes after Horowitz receive pressure from leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to do so
It also comes after a report revealed Friday that Trump plotted to replace his attorney general with an ultra-loyalist during his final month in office
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The Department of Justice Inspector General s Office announced Monday that they were investigating whether any current or former DOJ employees attempted to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election. The investigation will encompass all relevant allegations that may arise that are within the scope of the OIG’s jurisdiction, the announcement from Inspector General Michael Horowitz said, noting that this jurisdiction covers the conduct of past and present DOJ employees but does not extend to allegations against other government officials.
The official announcement did not go into any further details, but a source familiar with the probe pointed to Friday s New York Times report about now-former President Donald Trump working with certain Justice Department officials to possibly replace then-acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen with someone who would have been more open to overturning ele
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The DOJ inspector general is investigating if any department officials tried to interfere with the 2020 election results.
The probe will encompass all relevant allegations that may arise related to any current or former officials.
The New York Times reported earlier that Trump wanted to install a loyalist atop the DOJ to throw out Georgia s election results.
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has launched an investigation into whether any current or former department officials engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 general election.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP
The US Justice Department s internal watchdog on Monday said his office was launching an investigation on whether current or former department officials made an improper attempt to seek to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The announcement by Inspector General Michael Horowitz came after the New York Times reported earlier that Jeffrey Clark, the department s acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, had plotted with President Donald Trump in a failed attempt to oust then-Attorney General Jeff Rosen so that he could launch a probe of alleged voter fraud in Georgia.
Clark, the Times reported, was sympathetic to Trump’s “Stop the Steal” campaign, and he met with Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to discuss a plan to have the Justice Department send Georgia a letter disclosing the department would investigate the election results.