Washington, United States.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) of United States started this Monday one research administrative to determine whether portfolio managers attempted to influence by “Alter resultss of the presidential election“In favor of Donald Trump.
The Inspector General of the DoJ, Michael Horowitz, announce the inquiry after press articles involved Jeffrey Clark, Jurist in charge of civil law matters of the ministry.
The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Trump, which he denounced without evidence to have been subject to fraud, Conspired in early January with Clark to try to overthrow the interim secretary of Justice Jeffrey Rosen, who refused to follow him in his crusade against the election results.
The idea was for Rosen to be replaced by Clark for the DoJ to refuse to certify the Democrat victory Joe Biden in the key state of Georgia.
Trump will not be investigated
The then president would have given up before the threat of mass resignations within the portfolio, newspapers have added.
The research initiated by Horowitz seeks to determine “whether current or past department officials incurred inappropriate actions “ in order to modify the result of the elections, Points out a statement.
The investigation will not be extended “to other government officials,” the inspector general said, excluding investigating Trump and his retinue to the White House.
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Clark assured the media that his exchanges with Trump they had been “within the framework of the law” and that information published was wrong.
Complaints from Trump fraud they did not convince the courts but sowed doubts in the minds of millions of their own supporters, so much so that some launched an assault on the Capitol on January 6, when Congress certified the victory Biden.
That assault, which left five dead, led Democrats to push for a new political trial against Trump per “Incite the insurrection” and which will take place in February.