Mark Meadows pressed acting AG Rosen to investigate unfounded election fraud claims & conspiracy theories, including âItalygate,â as Trump and his allies spent their last days in office trying to undermine, or even nullify, the election resultshttps://t.co/r3veVYR24T
— Katie Benner (@ktbenner) June 5, 2021
… In five emails sent during the last week of December and early January, Mr. Meadows asked Jeffrey A. Rosen, then the acting attorney general, to examine debunked claims of election fraud in New Mexico and an array of baseless conspiracies that held that Mr. Trump had been the actual victor. That included a fantastical theory that people in Italy had used military technology and satellites to remotely tamper with voting machines in the United States and switch votes for Mr. Trump to votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr…
Mr. Trump chose Mr. Meadows, an ultraconservative congressman from North Carolina, to serve as his fourth and final chief of staff last March. A founder of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, Mr. Meadows was among Mr. Trumpâs most loyal and vocal defenders on Capitol Hill, and had been a fierce critic of the Russia investigation.
Mr. Meadowsâs involvement in the former presidentâs attack on the election results was broadly known at the time… Yet the newly unearthed messages show how Mr. Meadowsâs private efforts veered into the realm of the outlandish, and sought official validation for misinformation that was circulating rampantly among Mr. Trumpâs supporters…
âThis new evidence underscores the depths of the White Houseâs efforts to co-opt the department and influence the electoral vote certification,â Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois and the chairman of the committee, said in a statement. âI will demand all evidence of Trumpâs efforts to weaponize the Justice Department in his election subversion scheme.â
A spokesman for Mr. Meadows declined to comment, as did the Justice Department. Mr. Rosen did not respond to a request for comment…
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