2020 ELECTION/DOJ: “Witnesses described Trump’s desperate efforts to rope the Justice Department into a plot to overturn the [2020] election — trying at every turn to persuade government attorneys to act as an extension of his campaign…
Frustrated that the department’s leadership wouldn’t falsely claim the election was ‘corrupt,’ Trump nearly replaced the acting attorney general with a loyalist, backing down when he was told the move would trigger a cascade of resignations…
He browbeat department leaders, growing more insistent that they weren’t looking hard enough for fraud as Jan. 6, 2021, neared and Congress would certify Joe Biden’s victory.”
-Peter Nicholas and Ryan J. Reilly, “Key takeaways of Jan. 6 panel Day 5: Trump wanted DOJ to promote his interests,” nbcnews.com, June 23, 2022