27 phone call, according to handwritten notes taken by a Rosen aide. Congressmen," Trump told Rosen, referring to Republicans, in a Dec. "Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Rosen's testimony came a week after a House of Representatives committee released Justice Department documents showing Trump had urged top officials last year to falsely claim his election defeat was "corrupt." I was wrong," Durbin said, adding: "It's a good thing for America we had someone like Rosen in that position." When he was initially appointed, I didn't think that was the case. "I have to say history is going to very kind to Mr.
"The former president is not subtle when he wants something."ĭurbin, a Democrat from Illinois who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, praised Rosen, a conservative lawyer, for his voluntary cooperation with the committee's ongoing investigation into Trump's actions after the election. And it was very specific," Durbin said of Trump's pressure on Rosen.
Justice Department to overturn his election defeat in his final weeks in office, the department's head during that time testified to lawmakers, a senior Senate Democrat said on Sunday.įormer Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen provided "invaluable" testimony during seven hours of closed-door testimony on Saturday, in which he implicated Trump in an attempt to subvert the election result, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin told CNN's "State of the Union."Īccording to Durbin, Rosen testified that Trump directly pressured him to falsely assert that continuing election fraud investigations cast doubt on President Joe Biden's victory. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump mounted an intense pressure campaign on the U.S.
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