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21 Apr, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Yesterday, we sued the Department of Justice for records related to Donald Trump’s reported attempts to pressure DOJ to support his and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
americanoversight.org/american-overs…
The lawsuit seeks the release of documents linked to the plan to fire acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen in January and replace him with a Trump loyalist to help keep Trump in power.
On December 15, Trump ­summoned then-Deputy AG Jeffrey Rosen to the Oval Office and urged Rosen to appoint special counsels to investigate unfounded claims of election fraud, and for DOJ to support lawsuits seeking to overturn the election. Rosen refused.
nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/…
After William Barr’s resignation in late December, Rosen became acting AG. A top DOJ official, Jeffery Clark, reportedly schemed with Trump to try to come up with a way to fire Rosen and replace him with Clark. Clark supported Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
After the @nytimes reported on these events in January, we filed several FOIA requests with the Justice Department for related records, including agency officials’ communications. We still haven’t received records, so now we’re suing.
The public needs the full truth of exactly how Donald Trump and his allies tried to overturn the election so we can ensure that no future president can use the Department of Justice as a cudgel against our democracy. americanoversight.org/american-overs…

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20 Apr
New Lawsuit: After the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump and his allies spread “the big lie” of widespread voter fraud and attempted to overturn the results.

Today, we sued to learn more about their efforts to enlist DOJ in the scheme.” americanoversight.org/american-overs…
Among other records, our new FOIA lawsuit seeks the release of documents linked to the plan to fire acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen in January and replace him with a Trump loyalist who could help support efforts to keep Trump in power.
In Dec. 2020, Trump summoned then-Deputy AG Jeffrey Rosen to the Oval Office and urged him to appoint special counsels to investigate unfounded claims of election fraud, and for DOJ to support lawsuits seeking to overturn the election. Rosen refused.

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16 Apr
New: Records we obtained via #FOIA from the U.S. Marshals Service shed new light on the special deputation of law enforcement officers across the country as part of the Trump administration’s controversial Operation Legend program.
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The records we obtained contain internal communications that reflect that Operation Legend —criticized as a politicized attempt to bolster Donald Trump’s “law and order” campaign message — was an "extension" of an existing Justice Department program.
They also contain more than 250 forms related to the deputation of federal and local law enforcement officers, most of which appear to be completed and signed.
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