Former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and his former deputy Richard Donoghue described how Trump tried to get the Department of Justice to seize voting machines in late 2020. LIVE UPDATES:
Share to TwitterFormer acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and his former deputy Richard Donoghue described Thursday how Trump tried to get the Department of Justice to seize voting machines in late 2020."There was nothing wrong with them so we told him no," Rosen told the committee."There was no factual basis nor was there any legal authority to do so."
"Obviously, even the person who drafted this lawsuit didn't really understand in my view the law, and or how the Supreme Court works or the Department of Justice," Engel said. Records from the National Archives obtained by the committee showed Perry and Clark met Trump on Dec. 22, 2020. Perry later told a local television news network he had worked with Clark before and"obliged" when asked by Trump to introduce him.
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