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Inquiry Opened to Determine If DOJ Officials Tried to Overturn Election Michael Horowitz, inspector general for the Justice Department, returns for testimony following a short break before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on December 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee / Getty Images The inspector general’s office within the Department of Justice (DOJ) is opening an investigation into whether officials in that department tried to use the powers delegated to them through their employment to attempt to help former President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race. DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the launch of the inquiry, which would be limited solely to investigating officials in that department, on Monday. Horowitz stated that the inquiry was being opened in order to reassure the public that recent events, related to reports of a scheme by a former DOJ official to overturn election r ....
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 ....
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke out on Saturday against the alleged plan by then-President Donald J. Trump to remove acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen this month, calling it “attempted sedition.” ....
Republican Rep. Scott Perry from Pennsylvania played a key role to help former President Donald Trump to oust then-acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen in an attempt to overturn the election results in Georgia, reported The New York Times on Saturday, January 23. The Republican from York County, Perry, objected to the election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania on January 6. According to the report by NYT, he introduced Trump to Jeffrey Bossert Clark, the acting chief of the Department of Justice s (DOJ) civil division. The justice department lawyer was working with the former president to find ways to raise doubts about the 2020 presidential election results, the report said. ....