Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General

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The Justice Department’s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a plan with President Donald J. Trump to oust Jeffrey A. Rosen as acting attorney general and wield the department’s power to force Georgia state lawmakers to overturn its presidential election results.

The unassuming lawyer who worked on the plan, Jeffrey Clark, had been devising ways to cast doubt on the election results and to bolster Mr. Trump’s continuing legal battles and the pressure on Georgia politicians. Because Mr. Rosen had refused the president’s entreaties to carry out those plans, Mr. Trump was about to decide whether to fire Mr. Rosen and replace him with Mr. Clark.

The department officials, convened on a conference call, then asked each other: What will you do if Mr. Rosen is dismissed?

The answer was unanimous. They would resign.

Their informal pact ultimately helped persuade Mr. Trump to keep Mr. Rosen in place, calculating that a furor over mass resignations at the top of the Justice Department would eclipse any attention on his baseless accusations of voter fraud. Mr. Trump’s decision came only after Mr. Rosen and Mr. Clark made their competing cases to him in a bizarre White House meeting that two officials compared with an episode of Mr. Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice,” albeit one that could prompt a constitutional crisis.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-justice-department-election.html

 

This just came out, no reporting elsewhere at the moment. Please feel free to post a non-paywall link when one becomes available.

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Non paywall reporting on the article above, which is the original reporting: https://www.mediaite.com/news/nyt-bombshell-trump-repeatedly-pressured-doj-to-back-election-fraud-conspiracies-considered-firing-acting-ag-after-he-wouldnt-comply/

[moxy 1,051]

This is a game-changer for impeachment.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,381]

1 hour ago, moxy said:

This is a game-changer for impeachment.

No its another big fake news nothing burger. Some anonymous source said Trump thought about doing something but didn't.  Yawn 

 

Why do you MDL keep bringing up Trump. He is irrelevant now. You guys are obsessed with Trump.

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

From the Post, this was about stopping the Georgia voting cert.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-justice-department-overturn-election/2021/01/22/b7f0b9fa-5d1c-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

 

 

At the meeting were Trump, Clark and Rosen, along with Richard Donoghue, the acting deputy attorney general; Steven A. Engel, the head of the department’s Office of Legal Counsel; and Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel, the people familiar with the matter said. The people said Rosen, Donoghue, Engel and Cipollone pushed against the idea of replacing Rosen, and warned of a mass resignation.
Cipollone, one person said, pushed hard against a letter Clark wanted to send to Georgia state legislators, which wrongly asserted the department was investigating accusations of fraud in their state and Biden’s win should be voided, insisting it was based on a shoddy claim.
“Pat pretty much saved Rosen’s job that day,” said one senior Trump White House official.
Trump ultimately left Rosen in place, and the results were certified.

[moxy 1,051]

13 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

No its another big fake news nothing burger. Some anonymous source said Trump thought about doing something but didn't.  Yawn

Several people have, in past threads, explained to you and others how anonymous sources work.

 

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Why do you MDL keep bringing up Trump. He is irrelevant now.

Explain MDL please?

 

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You guys are obsessed with Trump.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

22 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

No its another big fake news nothing burger. Some anonymous source said Trump thought about doing something but didn't.  Yawn 

 

Why do you MDL keep bringing up Trump. He is irrelevant now. You guys are obsessed with Trump.

No proof, anonymous sources = Russiagate and Ukraine all over again. Either they get proof or this goes nowhere again. If people are going to try deceptive tactics they need to learn to stop lazily hitting the same button over and over.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 hour ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

No proof, anonymous sources = Russiagate and Ukraine all over again. Either they get proof or this goes nowhere again. If people are going to try deceptive tactics they need to learn to stop lazily hitting the same button over and over.

 

  If justice department officials were involved, then ostensibly they have the information they need to move forward. They won't be protecting Trump this time and he doesn't have immunity. They might have to get in line though.