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Oct 7, 2021, 7 tweets

The Senate Judiciary Committee report on Trump’s subversion of DOJ and the treacherous activities of DOJ official Jeffrey Bossert Clark in the aftermath of the 2020 election is out. judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

They dug up a draft resignation letter the Associate Deputy Attorney General prepared on January 3rd.

the most 🤌 exhibit so far

This came out before in NYT’s reporting, but it really is an astounding exchange that gets to the heart of everything.

An email earlier in December shows Richard Donoghue playing a somewhat different role—pushing the FBI and the US Attorney in Georgia (who later resigned under Trump’s pressure) to investigate the meritless State Farm Arena allegations hyped up by right wing media.

The Republicans’ minority report essentially boils down to “hey, he ultimately didn’t follow through on this stuff.” judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Statement from Senator Whitehouse suggesting Congress take up his legislation insulating the DOJ from political interference:

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