Emails Show Trump Pressured DOJ On Election Claims

CNN reports:

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 [photo] to join the legal effort to challenge the election result, according to a batch of emails released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday.

Amid the pressure, Rosen said he refused to speak to Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani about his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. When Mark Meadows, then-White House chief of staff, sought to have Rosen arrange an FBI meeting with a Giuliani ally pushing a conspiracy theory that Italy was using military technology and satellites to somehow change votes to Joe Biden, Rosen said he would not help Giuliani.

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New emails show how Trump’s WH assistant, chief of staff and other allies pressured DOJ to investigate claims of voter fraud in election — and how Trump directed allies to push then-acting AG Rosen to join the legal effort to challenge the election result https://t.co/JaTsZqDkar

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