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And if you are not willing, I need a replacement: Donald Trump
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In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump had apparently considered making one of his supporters attorney general: the lawyer Jeffrey Clark, according to a report in the "New York Times", should have illegally helped Trump to win the election in Georgia.
According to the report, the plan looked like this: Because Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen, who also refused to bow the law after William Barr's resignation in December, would be replaced by Clark.
This should then have ensured that Trump is declared the winner in the state.
Trump and his camp had repeatedly falsely claimed that the Democrats' narrow victory in the state was based on fraud.
In an audio recording published by the Washington Post, one can hear how Trump, in a telephone call, pressured the election officer, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” 11,780 votes.
The plot against Clark, uncovered by the New York Times and reported by the Washington Post, is further evidence of Trump's efforts to abuse the Justice Department for his own ends.
Accordingly, he is said to have urged the acting Minister Rosen several times to use special investigators to expose the "election fraud".
Ultimately, Trump has not been able to provide any evidence to support his claims and all of his lawsuits have been dismissed by the courts.
The Times report relies on four anonymous ex-Trump staff.
The project ultimately failed because high-ranking employees of the Ministry of Justice threatened to resign.
Trump therefore feared that his claims would then be questioned even more critically.
Clark denies participating in an attempt to impeach Rosen.
Public statements by Trump, Rosen and the Justice Department on the press reports were initially not available.
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