Trump pressured DOJ to declare 2020 election 'corrupt,' handwritten notes reveal By Jordan Smith 'Stop the conspiracies': Kinzinger emotional during Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearing Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger from Illinois became visibly upset as he addressed the Capitol Police officers testifying before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Kinzinger called on his GOP colleagues to stop the partisan outrage and conspiracy theories about the Capitol riots when the "American people deserve the truth." WASHINGTON - The House Oversight Committee revealed handwritten notes Friday that appear to indicate Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. According to notes penned by Richard Donoghue, who was deputy to then-Acting Attorney General Jeffery Rosen, Trump urged the Department of Justice to declare the results of the election "corrupt" during a Dec. 27 phone call.