Thread by @ZhiZhuWeb

Here's the link to the Senate Judiciary's report:

“Subverting Justice: How the Former President and his Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election.”

judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

And a thread of the 6 key findings of the report on the #TrumpCoupAttempt :

1-Beginning on the day former AG William Barr announced his resignation and continuing almost until the #Jan6th insurrection, Trump repeatedly asked DOJ leadership to endorse his false claims that the election was stolen & to assist his efforts to overturn the election results.

2-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked Acting Attorney General Rosen to have DOJ investigate at least four categories of false election fraud claims that Trump & his allies were pushing, violating longstanding restrictions on White House-DOJ communications.

3-After personally meeting with Trump, Jeffrey Bossert Clark pushed acting AG Rosen & acting Deputy AG Donoghue to assist Trump’s election subversion scheme—and told Rosen he would decline Trump’s potential offer to install him as Acting AG if Rosen agreed to aid that scheme.

4-In addition to Trump White House officials, including the President himself, outside Trump allies with ties to the “Stop the Steal” movement and the January 6 insurrection also pressured DOJ to help
overturn the election results.

5-Trump forced the resignation of US Attorney BJay Pak, and then went outside the line of succession, bypassing First Assistant US Attn Kurt Erskine, and instead appointing Bobby Christine because he believed Christine would “do something” about his election fraud claims.

6-DOJ’s policy is to avoid taking overt steps in election fraud investigations until after votes are certified, in order to avoid inserting the DOJ as an issue in the election.

Then-AG Barr ignored this policy & directed prosecutors to investigate false claims of election fraud.

"The Committee’s investigation to date underscores how Trump’s efforts to use DOJ as a means to overturn the election results was part of his interrelated efforts to retain the presidency by any means necessary."
judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…