Justice Department inspector general investigates whether staffers sought to improperly overturn 2020 election result Bart Jansen, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s inspector general launched an investigation Monday into whether current or former department officials improperly sought to “alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in favor of former President Donald Trump.
The announcement follows disclosures last week that Trump considered firing acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen during the last weeks of the president s administration in an effort to replace him with a loyalist to pursue challenges to election results. Rosen stepped into the job last month after his predecessor, William Barr, contradicted the president s accusations of widespread voter fraud.
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The Department of Justice Inspector General s Office announced Monday that they were investigating whether any current or former DOJ employees attempted to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election. The investigation will encompass all relevant allegations that may arise that are within the scope of the OIG’s jurisdiction, the announcement from Inspector General Michael Horowitz said, noting that this jurisdiction covers the conduct of past and present DOJ employees but does not extend to allegations against other government officials.
The official announcement did not go into any further details, but a source familiar with the probe pointed to Friday s New York Times report about now-former President Donald Trump working with certain Justice Department officials to possibly replace then-acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen with someone who would have been more open to overturning ele
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP
The US Justice Department s internal watchdog on Monday said his office was launching an investigation on whether current or former department officials made an improper attempt to seek to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The announcement by Inspector General Michael Horowitz came after the New York Times reported earlier that Jeffrey Clark, the department s acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, had plotted with President Donald Trump in a failed attempt to oust then-Attorney General Jeff Rosen so that he could launch a probe of alleged voter fraud in Georgia.
Clark, the Times reported, was sympathetic to Trump’s “Stop the Steal” campaign, and he met with Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to discuss a plan to have the Justice Department send Georgia a letter disclosing the department would investigate the election results.
Watchdog to probe if Justice Dept. officials improperly tried to alter 2020 election By Sarah N. Lynch and David Shepardson
FILE PHOTO: Poll workers pose as votes continue to be counted at the TCF Center the day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Detroit, Michigan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Monday said his office was launching an investigation on whether current or former department officials made an “improper attempt” to seek to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The announcement by Inspector General Michael Horowitz came after the New York Times first reported that Jeffrey Clark, then the department’s acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, had plotted with former President Donald Trump in a failed attempt to oust then-Attorney General Jeff Rosen so that he could launch a probe of alleged voter fraud in Georgia.
Feds briefed Biden’s interim DOJ leaders on Capitol attack probe
Federal investigators leading the probe into the January 6 Capitol riot briefed interim Biden administration leaders at the Justice Department on Wednesday their first day on the job as the sprawling nationwide hunt for suspects continues, an official briefed on the matter said.
Prosecutors have charged more than 120 people, as of Thursday, and have taken steps to bring more serious charges, including charging a group of alleged attackers with conspiracy. The charges range from unlawfully entering the US Capitol grounds to assaulting police and a few defendants face more serious counts of conspiracy or threatening a public official.