DOJ officials rejected claims of Trump meddling in 2020 election probes: Senate report

Posted on AllSides October 7th, 2021
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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...

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