Here are some important takeaways from this month’s fifth hearing of the Jan. 6 committee that is investigating the causes of the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday’s hearing to show Donald Trump pushed to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue the then-president’s false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
Former Attorney General William Barr had described the swirl of false voter fraud theories coming from Trump’s orbit as “wack-a-mole.” Over and over, the officials explained to Trump that the states conduct their own elections, free from federal interference. They tried to show him there was no voter fraud on a scale that could have tipped the election in his favor.At point in late December 2020, Trump asked what Rosen found to be a “peculiar” question: Do you know Jeff Clark?Clark led the civil division and particularly handled environmental cases.
Trump had called the officials to an unexpected Sunday meeting to lay out his plan. Donoghue described how he was dressed inappropriately in jeans, muddy boots and an Army shirt. Trump had him sit between Rosen and Clark. The president asked Donoghue: What if I replace Rosen with Clark?Donoghue told Trump that the president would have everything to lose: mass resignations at the Justice Department, starting with those arrayed before him at the meeting.
The purpose of the searches was not immediately clear, but they came as the House committee has pressured the department to step up its investigation. The only two Republicans on the committee are Kinzinger and Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, both Trump critics.
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