Subverting Justice
How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election
New Century Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. November 2021
400 pages
978-1-7379998-9-8 (ISBN)
Description
Late in his administration Donald Trump attempted to subvert the Department of Justice (DOJ) and bend it to his will by replacing top DOJ officials with his own cohorts and cronies.
He attempted in at least nine meetings to undermine the DOJ and results of the 2020 election.
Finally in a lengthy Oval Office meeting, three top DOJ officials threatened to resign, as did two White House counsel officials.
Trump was forced to back down.
This document is the official U.S. Senate Report on this sordid affair.
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title
- Table of Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- A. The Senate Judiciary Committee's Investigation
- B. Key Findings
- REPORT
- I. Applicable Legal Requirements
- A. DOJ's Limited Role in Election Fraud Investigations
- B. Limits on White House-DOJ Communications
- C. Applicable Federal Laws Governing Political Interference with Investigations
- II. December 1 - December 15: Attorney General Barr Announces His Resignation After Declaring that DOJ Has Found No Evidence of Widespread Election Fraud
- III. December 15 - December 27: Following Barr's Announcement, Trump Repeatedly Contacts DOJ's Incoming Leadership About His Election Fraud Claims
- A. December 15, 2020 Oval Office Meeting
- B. December 23 and 24 Trump-Rosen Calls
- C. December 27 Trump-Rosen Call
- D. December 27 Outreach from Congressman Perry to Donoghue
- E. December 28 Trump-Donoghue Call
- IV. December 28: Jeffrey Clark Urges DOJ Leadership to Intervene in Georgia's Appointment of Electors and to Replicate this "Proof of Concept" in Other States
- A. Clark's Late December Oval Office Meeting With Trump
- B. Clark's 'Two Urgent Action Items"
- C. Rosen and Donoghue Reject Clark's Proposal
- V. December 29 - December 30: Meanwhile, Trump Urges DOJ to File a Supreme Court Action Contesting the Election
- VI. December 29 - January 1: White House Pressure on DOJ Escalates
- A. DOJ Leadership is Summoned to a December 31 Oval Office Meeting
- B. Clark Reveals Ongoing Contacts With Trump
- C. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Asks DOJ to Initiate Baseless Election Fraud Investigations, Contrary to Longstanding Rules Against White House-DOJ Interference
- VII. January 2-4: DOJ Leadership Thwarts the Trump-Clark Plot, but U.S. Attorney BJay Pak is Ousted
- A. January 2: Clark's Plans Crystallize and Trump Calls the Georgia Secretary of State
- B. January 3: Clark Reveals That Trump Will Install Him That Day
- C. The Justice Department Leadership Assembles
- D. The January 3, 2021 Oval Office Meeting
- E. U S. Attorney Pak Resigns
- VIII. Recommendations
- APPENDIX A: CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS
- APPENDIX B: KEY DOCUMENTS
