DOJ officials rejected claims of Trump meddling in 2020 election probes: Senate report
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally on the campus of Drake University, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) more >
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 7, 2021
Former President Donald Trump made “relentless” efforts to get the Justice Department to dig into reports of election malfeasance in the wake of the 2020 vote, but the department’s leaders said he did not pressure them into crossing any lines, according to two new Senate reports Thursday.
Mr. Trump twice rejected sending a draft letter that had been prepared by an acting assistant attorney general recommending some state legislatures reject the public vote tallies and send a different slate of electors, the Republican staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded.
The former president also rejected the idea of firing acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, according to the testimony of key witnesses, though he did push the U.S. attorney for northern Georgia to quit several days early, one of the reports said.
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