Justice Ministry officials: Trump was forced to overturn the election
CBS News Law Enforcement Authority Former Trump-era Justice Ministry employeeJeffrey Clark, which was a special focus of the House A committee hearing on Thursday, January 6th, when I learned that I had searched for a house.
Clark at the time Donald Trump to delay proof of the 2020 election results and promote unfounded allegations that Joe Biden did not legally win the election. It is considered central to the efforts of the President and his allies.
The Senate Attorney General reported in October that Clark had been in contact with Trump for several days until January 6, 2021, and Trump made Clark the other Supreme Attorney General. I considered appointing him on behalf of the Attorney General. Justice ministry officials refused to support his unfounded allegations of mass voter fraud, former Justice ministry official Richard Donohue told the House of Commons selection committee.
D.C. The US law firm confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday that there was law enforcement in the area where Clark's House was located, but commented. He added that he did not discuss it. The nature of law enforcement.
ABC News is Clark's Place first.
Russell Vought, the chief executive officer of Trump's Office of Management and Budget, who is currently working with Clark, has tweeting and Clark in his pajamas. Said it was put out on the street.
"In the United States, the new era of criminalizing politics is deteriorating. Yesterday, more than 12 judicial ministry officials searched Jeff Clark's house in a pre-dawn raid. I put him on the streets of his pjs and took his electronics with me. " "I thought Jeff was worthy of investigating fraudulent elections. This is not the United States. The government's weaponization must end. I'll make it clear. We support Jeff and this All patriots in the country must do so. "
The investigation is justice while the former president is relentlessly pushing the DOJ to investigate the groundless allegations of fraudulent elections. It took place just one day before the House Commission hearing on January 6, focusing on Trump's efforts to take control of the ministry. .. The White House circulated a memo calling Clark the Attorney General on January 3, 2021.
Former attorney Jeffrey Rosen explained at a one-on-one meeting one Sunday how Clark told him to replace him as an attorney. Rosen said Clark offered to keep Rosen on his behalf.
"I thought it was ridiculous," Rosen testified Thursday. "I told him it was meaningless."
Clark commanded the Justice Department if Rosen signed a letter that questioned the integrity of the election results. He said he would not take it. Rosen said he and Donohue had consistently said they would not sign the letter.
Donoghue met with everyone except one of the Assistant Attorneys. One couldn't make a call. ..
"I said everyone would resign without hesitation," Donohue testified.
On January 6, Commission member Adam Kinzinger said that when Clark spoke to the Commission, he had invoked Article 5 of the Constitutional Amendment 125 times. ..
Catherine Watson is a political reporter for CBS News Digital based in Washington, D.C.
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