Donald Trump spent the last two-and-a-half months of his presidency alleging that the 2020 election had been ‘rigged’ against him using faulty voting machines and.
Former President Donald Trump through a lawyer and White House officials
placed pressure on Department of Justice (DOJ) officials to probe the 2020 election results and wanted the Supreme Court to authorize a new election in key swing states, according to newly released emails.
Kurt Olsen, a Trump lawyer, was shown in one of the emails asking DOJ officials to connect him to then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. He said that he represented Texas in the Supreme Court lawsuit against Pennsylvania and other states and that
Trump “directed” him to meet with Rosen “to discuss a similar action to be brought by the United States.”
15 Jun 2021 - 23:50
Reuters
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump pressed the Justice Department during his waning weeks in office to join his failed effort to overturn his election defeat based on his false claims of voting fraud, but its leaders refused, with one decrying the pure insanity of the claims, documents released on Tuesday showed.
The records, obtained by the House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee, provided new insight into the actions of the Republican former president in trying to enlist the department to act on his claims. The documents showed a series of overtures made by Trump, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and an outside private attorney, Kurt Olsen.
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Newly released emails indicate the Trump White House wanted the Justice Department to pursue 2020 election challenges and examine baseless claims related to Dominion Voting Systems and foreign entities flipping votes from former President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden, despite Attorney General William Barr concluding he hadn’t unearthed voter fraud that would change the outcome.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform released 232 pages of DOJ emails, titled “Selected Documents President Trump Pressure Campaign on Department of Justice,” focused on the period following Barr’s resignation, with now-former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen taking over.
Just before Barr’s resignation was announced, White House staffer Molly Michael sent Rosen a Dec. 14 email “From POTUS” on “Antrim County Talking Points,” which contended, “This is the evidence that Dominion Voting machines can and are being manipulated … A cover-up is Happen
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New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results
June 15, 2021 7:04 PM CNN
New emails show how former President Donald Trump s White House assistant, chief of staff and other allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and how Trump directed allies to push then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to join the legal effort to challenge the election result, according to a batch of emails released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
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(CNN) New emails from Justice Department and White House officials show how President Donald Trump‘s allies pressured then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to consider false and outlandish allegations that the 2020 election had been stolen at the same time that Rosen was being elevated to lead the Justice Department in December 2020.