![]() The DOJ officials’ response to Trump’s plan in the tense meeting: Mass refusal and a mass threat to quit on the spot. “This (Trump’s try) would have tremendous constitutional, political, and social consequences,” said Rosen. On January 4, for example, Trump tried to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral votes, and continued that through January 6, the day the Trumpite insurrection hit. The Justice Department officials, all of them Republicans, stood fast against Trump’s pressure, ending that part of Trump’s multi-level plan to overturn the election and retain power unconstitutionally. Trump also pushed Rosen, Donoghue, and other officials to declare the election “corrupt” in line with the “Stop the steal” Big Lie he perpetrated even before the November 2020 vote. Capitol.Īt that long heated session, Donald Trump tried to impose a lower-level Assistant A.G., Jeffrey Clark, a willing Trump stooge with no experience in trying cases or running big investigations, to replace Rosen. 3, 2021, just before the January 6 Trumpite invasion and insurrection in the U.S. WASHINGTON-Top Trump regime Justice Department officials, standing by the Constitution and the rule of law, derailed his design to use the big law enforcement agency to pervert the law and further his 2021 coup d’etat try to keep the presidency.Īfter weeks of pressure, starting in December, the showdown came, said former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy, Richard Donoghue, in an Oval Office meeting on Jan. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation into the Trump coup attempt, June 23, 2022. Jeffrey Rosen, former acting Attorney General, left, and Richard Donoghue, former acting Deputy Attorney General, arrive as the House select committee investigating the Jan.
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