Topline Former President Donald Trump repeatedly roped the U.S. Department of Justice into his failed attempt to overturn the presidential results, the Senate Judiciary Committee found, detailing in a new report released Thursday how Trump allegedly “grossly abused” his power by attempting to use the Justice Department for “personal, political purposes” after the election. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters on January 6 in Washington, D.C. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Trump “directly and repeatedly” asked senior DOJ staff on at least nine occasions to help overturn the election, including by telling them to open investigations, file lawsuits and “publicly declare the 2020 election ‘corrupt,’” according to the report, which is part of the committee’s investigation into Trump’s post-election efforts. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to investigate multiple baseless allegations of election fraud between December 29 and January 1, including claims in Georgia that had already been debunked, which the Senate committee notes violated policies that limit White House-DOJ communications about “specific law enforcement matters.” A Trump appointee at the DOJ, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, then tried to pressure Rosen and another official to send letters to states informing them of purported “e… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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