‘Just say the election was corrupt,’ Trump urged DoJ after loss to Biden

Notes obtained by House oversight committee show Trump pressured officials to falsely claim the election was not legitimate

Donald Trump pressured top justice department officials to falsely claim that the 2020 election was corrupt so he and his allies in Congress could subvert the results and return him to office, according to newly released memos.

Just say that the election was corrupt [and] leave the rest to me," Trump told the former acting attorney general, Jeffrey Rosen, and his deputy, Richard Donoghue, memos turned over to the House oversight committee showed. The notes were taken by Donoghue, who documented a 27 December call with Trump and Rosen.