Trump's push began what was a tumultuous period at the Justice Department in the lead-up to Jan. Some background: After Jeffrey Rosen was named acting attorney general in December 2020 following the resignation of William Barr - who had publicly said the Justice Department did not uncover substantial evidence of voter fraud - Trump and his allies began pressuring Rosen over the fraud claims. Three top officials who led the Justice Department in the final days of the Trump administration will testify about how the then-President and his allies sought to enlist the department to give their baseless fraud allegations credibility and how Trump considered replacing the acting attorney general with an official who bought into his claims of fraud, according to committee aides. 6 insurrection turns the panel's focus toward how former President Donald Trump tried to use the Justice Department to bolster his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Thursday's hearing before the House select committee investigating the Jan. The fake certificates were sent to the National Archives in the weeks after the election and had no impact on the electoral outcome. 6 House select committee, told CNN the panel will show evidence about the scheme.įederal prosecutors are reviewing the fake Electoral College certifications created by Trump allies that falsely declared him the winner of the seven states. But behind the scenes, Giuliani and Trump campaign officials actively choreographed the process, the sources said. Trump and some of his top advisers publicly encouraged the “alternate electors” scheme in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico. The sources said members of Trump’s campaign team were far more involved than previously known in the plan, a core tenet of the broader plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory when Congress counted the electoral votes on Jan. Federal investigators are pursuing information in all seven battleground states that former President Trump lost, but where his campaign convened fake electors, a person briefed on the matter told CNN.Īs CNN reported in January, Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw efforts in December 2020 to put forward illegitimate electors from the states, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the scheme.
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