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Trump Asked Top DOJ Officials To Declare 2020 Election ‘Corrupt,’ Notes Show
Congress has obtained handwritten notes from the Department of Justice of a phone call with former President Trump that suggest he was asking Acting Attorney […]
Continue reading‘Pure insanity’: See top Trump DOJ official’s response to election probe request
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 […]
Continue readingEx-Trump WH counsel testifies Trump urged him fire Mueller
Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn confirmed before a congressional panel last week that former President Donald Trump urged him to oust special counsel […]
Continue readingHearing about Capitol riot goes off-the-rails
Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen testified during a House hearing about their actions during the Capitol insurrection. […]
Continue readingNYT Reporter: Trump Was ‘Desperate’ To Create ‘The Illusion He Could Win’ | The Last Word | MSNBC
Katie Benner, Justice Reporter for the New York Times, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the latest on Donald Trump’s attempted effort to replace the Acting […]
Continue readingNYT: Trump plotted to pick loyalist as acting AG to overturn election
Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark nearly convinced then-President Donald Trump to remove then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and use the Department of Justice to undo Georgia's election results, The […]
Continue readingNYT: Trump And DOJ Lawyer Reportedly Plotted To Oust Acting Attorney General | All In | MSNBC
New York Times Justice Department reporter Katie Benner joins Chris Hayes to discuss her reporting that Trump weighed ousting the acting attorney general to install […]
Continue readingNeal Katyal On Barr: ‘This Is An Attorney General Who’s Willing To Play Politics’ | Deadline | MSNBC
Concerns that Trump and his allies will leverage the powers of the DOJ ahead of the November election were amplified today when former acting attorney […]
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