"The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results"
#Jan6
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"Prosecutors who are questioning witnesses... have asked in recent days about conversations w/ Trump, his lawyers, & others in his inner circle who sought to substitute Trump allies for certified electors from some states Joe Biden won"
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"The prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings Trump led in December 2020 & January 2021; his pressure campaign on Pence to overturn the election; and what instructions Trump gave his lawyers & advisers about fake electors"
#Jan6
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"In addition, Justice Department investigators in April received phone records of key officials and aides in the Trump administration, including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows"
#Jan6th
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"Federal criminal investigations are by design opaque, and probes involving political figures are among the most closely held secrets at the Justice Department.
Many end without criminal charges."
#Jan6
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"investigators also want to understand... what Trump told his lawyers & senior officials to do.
Any investigation... must navigate complex issues of... when or whether a person’s speech could become part of an alleged conspiracy in support of a coup."
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"Many elements of the sprawling Jan. 6 criminal investigation have remained under wraps.
But in recent weeks the public pace of the work has increased, with a fresh round of subpoenas, search warrants and interviews..."
#Jan6th
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"The DOJ probe began amid the smoke, blood & chaos at the Capitol and has led to criminal charges against more than 840 individuals, expanding to include an examination of events that occurred elsewhere in the days and weeks before the attack — including at the White House"
"There are two principal tracks of the investigation that could ultimately lead to additional scrutiny of Trump...
The first centers on seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct a government proceeding...
The second involves potential fraud..."
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"Recent subpoenas... show that 2 AZ state legislators were ordered to turn over communications w/ “any member, employee, or agent of Donald J. Trump or any organization advocating in favor of the 2020 re-election of Donald J. Trump, incl ‘Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.’ ”"
Link to the Kelly Townsend subpoena:
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"Attorney General Merrick Garland has vowed that the Jan. 6 investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead and said that no one is exempt or above scrutiny, while refusing to divulge information outside of court filings."
#Jan6
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"The Jan. 6 investigation is by some measures the largest ever undertaken by the Justice Department...
This year, the fake-elector scheme has become a major focus of the Justice Department inquiry."
#Jan6th
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"After Trump lost the election, lawyers and others close to him urged GOP officials in key states to submit alternate and illegitimate slates of electors to reject the results of the state vote totals."
#EastmanMemo
#TrumpCoupAttempt
"Last month, federal agents fanned out in multiple states to serve grand jury subpoenas, execute search warrants and interview witnesses — a significant escalation of overt investigative activity."
#Jan6
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"Trump told acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen that he wanted his Justice Department to say there was significant election fraud, and said he was poised to oust Rosen & replace him with Clark, who was willing to make that assertion."
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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"Rosen told Trump that the DOJ could not “flip a switch and change the election”...
“I don’t expect you to do that,” Trump responded, according to the notes. “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”"
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