Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump's Efforts to Subvert Election

[demmiblue]

Source: NYT

WASHINGTON — Jeffrey A. Rosen, who was acting attorney general during the Trump administration, has told the Justice Department watchdog and Congressional investigators that one of his deputies tried to help former President Donald J. Trump subvert the results of the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the interviews.

Mr. Rosen had a two-hour meeting on Friday with the Justice Department’s office of the inspector general and provided closed-door testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday.

The investigations were opened following a New York Times article that detailed efforts by Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the Justice Department’s civil division, to push top leaders to falsely and publicly assert that ongoing election fraud investigations cast doubt on the Electoral College results. That prompted Mr. Trump to consider ousting Mr. Rosen and installing Mr. Clark at the top of the department to carry out that plan.

Mr. Trump never fired Mr. Rosen, but the plot highlights the former president’s desire to batter the Justice Department into advancing his personal agenda.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/politics/jeffrey-rosen-trump-election.html

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[Champp]

1. Oh good!

[Ocelot II]

2. This is especially interesting:

"Mr. Rosen quickly scheduled interviews with Congressional investigators to get as much of his version of events on the record before any players could ask the courts to block the proceedings, according to two people familiar w those discussions."

[NCjack]

3. That's a good start. Lots of info with a timeline.

[OnDoutside]

7. Well done Rosen, that was great thinking.

[Ocelot II]

13. Yes, it's apparent that he wanted to tell what had happened ASAP,

before TFG's goons could go to court and try to stop him, even if only temporarily.

[OnDoutside]

23. As per the saying, revenge is a dish best served cold.

[stillcool]

9. never read anything like that before

kind of exudes fear.

[Cha]

4. R TY!

[bluestarone]

5. I'm hoping Mr. Rosen will

STILL testify before the House investigation.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Amen

[CanonRay]

6. Why is this testimony closed door?

It should be on prime time on every fucking channel

[OnDoutside]

8. I stand to be corrected but I think that this is standard, where they

do these interviews up front before the hearing.

[gab13by13]

10. Neal Katyal

is demanding the transcripts be released now.

Why is he testifying before the Senate? What happened to the House select committee?

[OnDoutside]

22. Didn't the House Select committee just take it over ?

[orangecrush]

17. Because the space time continuum

Can't handle that many republican heads exploding all at one time

[msfiddlestix]

25. "space time continuum" perfect!

think I'm gonna steal this one!

[orangecrush]

26. Most welcome!

[reACTIONary]

18. One reason is to prevent others...

... who may testify from tailoring their testimony to fit what was already said.

Its the same principle used by LEO in questioning suspects - you put them in separate rooms and don't let them know what's going on in the other room so they cannot coordinate their testimony.

[orangecrush]

19. Exactly.

It's getting real.

[UpInArms]

12. More from your link:

Mr. Rosen quickly scheduled interviews with Congressional investigators to get as much of his version of events on the record before any players could ask the courts to block the proceedings, according to two people familiar with those discussions who are not authorized to speak about ongoing investigations.

He also reached out directly to Michael E. Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, and pledged to cooperate with his investigation, according to a person briefed on those talks.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Great!!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. Don't be distracted- the DOJ testimony is the most crucial at this point

The DOJ could use this testimony to empanel a grand jury and issue indictments for Clark.

[gab13by13]

21. I've been waiting patiently

not, for the DOJ to hold people accountable, Big people.

[orangecrush]

16. HOLY SHIT

The dominos are gonna start going down

[PSPS]

20. Oh no!!

[SallyHemmings]

24. I went to sleep with a smile for the first time in years.

I hope they drag tfg's backside off the stage at one of his rallies.....

[orangecrush]

27. Same here!