January 6The Commission faces a relentless pressure campaign fromDonald Trumpover the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. We will hear the opinions of the provincial officials. Suppress strange challenges from within your rank.
At the hearing on Thursday, Mr. Trump aimed to succumb to the will of law enforcement agencies that had long valued independence from White, a memorable upheaval in this sector. Attention will be focused on the spread of. House. The testimony aims to show how Trump not only relied on outside advisers to push his false allegations of election fraud, but also tried to harness the power of federal agencies.
Witnesses include Jeffrey Rosen, who was the Attorney General during the assault on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Three days ago, Rosen was part of a tense Oval Office showdown, and Trump considered replacing him with junior bureaucrat Jeffrey Clark, who wanted to defend Trump's allegations of fraudulent election fraud. ..
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Commission, which was pressured by Trump to hear from electoral workers and officials, in a written statement obtained by relevant media outlets. Rosen states that no evidence of fraud that could have influenced the outcome of the election was presented to the Justice Department. Therefore, he did not participate in the Trump campaign's efforts to overturn the outcome, but instead insisted on an orderly transfer of power.
"Some have claimed to the former president and the public that the election was corrupt and stolen," Rosen's statement said. "I was wrong at the time, but I am wrong today. I hope that being here today will help reaffirm that fact."
Other 2 Former human department officials, Rosen's chief adjutants, Richard Donohue and Stephen Engel will also testify. Both sides resigned to Trump at the White House meeting and warned that many of the department's lawyers would follow if Rosen was replaced by Clark.
"Here, within 24 hours, hundreds of people could resign from the Justice Department," Donohue told Trump. "It's good for everyone. Is it good for the department? Is it good for the country? Is it good for you? Not."
Only then did Trump not forgive. That night, and later, his Republican administration ended with Rosen still in power.
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Hearing is a building with Trump supporters as members of the Diet, Democratic Joe Biden won the election I was proving the result. Witnesses included police officers, lawyers, television executives, and local election officials attacked in the Capitol, all of whom resisted requests to change the outcome in Trump's favor.
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Last week, the Commission accused Trump's fraudulent allegations of "bull" by former Attorney General William Barr. Announced the recording of testimony by videotape. He resigned after he failed to convince the president of it "fake" and "ridiculous".
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Thursday's hearing was about what happened next when Rosen, Bar's chief agent, took over the Department of Justice and was immediately besieged by Trump's request for the Department of Justice's actions. Focus on it.
In a telephone conversation, Trump instructed Rosen:
Around that time, Trump was introduced to Clark by Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. Clark joined the ministry as Supreme Environmental Lawyer in 2018 and was later appointed to run the civil sector. .. Clark was previously summoned by the Commission to take testimony, but is not included in the witnesses on Thursday.
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Clark wanted to send the letter, but the Justice Department's boss refused.
The situation began on Sunday, January 3, 2021 when Clark informed Rosen at a private meeting in the Justice Department that Trump wanted to replace him with Clark on behalf of the Attorney General. Floated in. According to the Senate report, Rosen replied, "There was no universe I could imagine it would happen," and said he would not accept the dismissal from his subordinates.
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Rosen then contacted the White House to request a meeting. That night, Rosen, Donohue, and Engel, along with Clark, met with top lawyers from Trump and the White House to argue over whether the president needed to implement a plan for a drastic leadership change in the sector. I attended a meeting in the Oval Office for several hours.
According to the testimony, Trump, given by Rosen, said, "One of the things we know is Rosen, I'm not going to do anything to overturn the election." I held a meeting.
Donald and Engel have told Trump that if Trump fires Rosen, they and many other Justice Ministry officials will resign. The White House lawyer said the same thing. Pat Cipollone, then White House adviser, said the letter Clark wanted to send was a "murder-suicide agreement."
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"Steve Engel will at some point say," Jeff Clark will lead the graveyard. And what are you going to do in the graveyard, that would be such an escape from leadership, "Donohue told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "So it was very strongly told by the president that it would happen."
Donohue also wants the president because Clark was not a criminal prosecutor in the department. I tried to discourage Trump from believing that he had the legal background to do so.
"And he argued," Well, I've done a lot of very complicated appeals, civil proceedings, environmental proceedings, etc. "," said Donohue. "And I said," Yes. You are an environmental lawyer. When you return to the office, call when the oil spills. "
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