Rebuffed by ranking Republicans and cabinet officials like Attorney General William P. Those include 147 House Republicans who voted against certifying the election. Trump’s allegations of a stolen election have died in the courts and election officials of both parties from every state have said there is no evidence of fraud, Republicans across the country continued to spread conspiracy theories. That wide-ranging campaign included perpetuating false and thoroughly debunked claims of election fraud as well as pressing government officials for help.īaseless claims of voter fraud. Trump and his allies undertook an increasingly urgent effort to undermine the election results. During his last days in office, President Donald J. Trump’s Bid to Subvert the ElectionĪ monthslong campaign. Biden’s victory because the Justice Department was investigating accusations of voter fraud in the state. Rosen to send to Georgia state legislators, wrongly asserting that they should void Mr. Trump about ways to have the Justice Department publicly cast doubt on President Biden’s victory, particularly in battleground states that Mr. Clark had been engaging in unauthorized conversations with Mr. Clark, who continued to press colleagues to make statements about the election that they found to be untrue, according to a person familiar with the interview. Rosen also described subsequent exchanges with Mr. Trump and pledged that he would not do so again, according to a person familiar with the interview. Clark, including one in late December during which his deputy admitted to meeting with Mr. Rosen on Friday told investigators from the inspector general’s office about five encounters with Mr. He has publicly stated that the Justice Department did not find enough fraud to impact the outcome of the election. Trump’s efforts to undermine the results of the election. Rosen has emerged as a key witness in multiple investigations that focus on Mr. The inspector general’s spokesman declined to comment. Rosen did not respond to requests for comment. Clark, who did not respond to requests for comment, said in January that all of his official communications with the White House “were consistent with law,” and that he had engaged in “a candid discussion of options and pros and cons with the president.” Rosen, but the plot highlights the former president’s desire to batter the Justice Department into advancing his personal agenda. Clark at the top of the department to carry out that plan. The investigations were opened following a New York Times article that detailed efforts by Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the Justice Department’s civil division, to push top leaders to falsely and publicly assert that ongoing election fraud investigations cast doubt on the Electoral College results. Rosen had a two-hour meeting on Friday with the Justice Department’s office of the inspector general and provided closed-door testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday.
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