Trump, allies pressured DOJ to back election claims, emails show
| Newly revealed documents obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform reveal that former President Trump and his allies pressured the Department of Justice (DOJ) to back his unproven claims of election fraud in the days and weeks before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The documents, released publicly on Tuesday, show Trump, his then-chief of staff Mark Meadows and outside allies putting pressure on senior DOJ officials to probe claims of voter fraud in December 2020 and early January 2021. |
