![]() ![]() Clark’s lawyer declined to comment to CNN. He also said he would like Clark to testify about his role. The New York Times said Clark’s letter called on legislators to void Biden’s victory citing false claims the department was probing accusations of fraud in the Peach State.ĭurbin told CNN’s Dana Bash that he could not yet comment on details of the testimony but that there would be a report. Rosen and Donoghue both testified that Trump did not order them to do anything illegal and eventually accepted the Justice Department could not claim voter fraud when there was no evidence that it took place.ĪBC News first reported that Clark – a Trump-appointed environmental law chief at the department – drafted a letter that he asked Rosen to send to Georgia state legislators to say they should convene to examine irregularities in the election. ![]() The President eventually decided not to replace Rosen with Clark. The full picture of Trump's attempted coup is only starting to emergeĪ source familiar said the testimony provided new details about a January 3 White House meeting in which Trump had Rosen and Clark effectively audition for the job of acting attorney general. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, are flooding the nation's capital protesting the expected certification of Joe Biden's White House victory by the US Congress. TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, told CNN’s Manu Raju that after hearing Saturday’s testimony from former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, he was struck by “how close the country came to total catastrophe” earlier this year.īoth Rosen, and the other official – Richard Donoghue, then the acting deputy attorney general – put another Trump-appointed official, Jeffrey Clark, at the center of an effort to help the then-President undermine the election results and to potentially oust Clark’s bosses who were resisting Trump’s efforts. Dick Durbin of Illinois said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the testimony lifted the lid on “frightening” maneuverings at the department after November’s election.Īnother Democrat, Sen. The latest evidence of Trump’s anti-democratic mendacity came in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday and Saturday by two top former senior Justice Department officials. ‘Frightening’ maneuvering at Trump’s Justice Department. Given Trump’s record of impunity, a new administration could be stocked with loyalists who would not balk at abuses of power – like his efforts to overturn the election, which were blocked this time around by officials in the Justice Department and in GOP-led states. Some election experts fear that he – or another like-minded Republican strongman – could succeed in the future.Īnd ultimately, the flood of shocking new disclosures means that a potential new White House campaign by Trump in 2024 would come with the most grave implications for American democracy in decades. ![]() Trump was unable to flout the will of voters in 2020. This staggering trend of attacks against US democracy is being exacerbated by GOP efforts in the states to restrict voting by minorities and Democrats and to make it easier to overturn future election results. Timeline: What Georgia prosecutors are looking at as they investigate Trump’s efforts to overturn the election New revelations emerging from Senate testimony, about a Trump Justice Department loyalist’s alleged behind-the-scenes efforts to call into question elections in states the ex-President lost, also render the continued GOP whitewashing of history about Trump’s crimes against the Constitution even more blatant and dangerous. It also emphasizes that any attempt by Trump to use a war chest already worth $100 million to try to recapture the White House in 2024 would represent a mortal threat to democracy and the rule of law from a leader who was undeterred even by his own first impeachment. The audacity of the former President’s attempts to subvert the law by weaponizing the Justice Department not only underscores how close the United States came to a full blown constitutional crisis this year. A burst of new disclosures exposing the extraordinary efforts by ex-President Donald Trump to steal power after his election defeat constitute a grave warning about the future and his potential bid to recapture the White House. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |