The committee this week disclosed text messages that showed an aide to U.S. There are growing revelations about the false slates of electors. Trump and his allies furiously pressured authorities in those states to replace Biden’s electors with ones for him on specious or nonexistent allegations that his victory was stolen. The person who confirmed the search was not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.īoth the committee and federal authorities are probing the use of replacements for duly chosen electors in seven battleground states that voted for Biden. The reason for the search of Clark’s Virginia home was not immediately clear and it was not known what information agents were searching for.
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The committee’s Thursday hearing focused on Trump’s desire to install Clark atop the Justice Department in his administration’s last days. House committee investigating the riot said it had new evidence of Trump’s efforts and his knowledge that he had no legal basis to try to overturn the election. The disclosures of law enforcement activity came as the U.S. The Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe of pro-Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly Jan. WATCH: Former top DOJ official Richard Donoghue speaks on Jeffrey Clark’s push for false election fraud claims And Republicans in two other states - Michigan and Pennsylvania - disclosed they had been interviewed by the FBI.
Agents in recent days also served subpoenas on the Republican Party chairmen of Nevada and Georgia, two states that went for President Joe Biden and where Trump allies created slates of “alternate electors” intended to subvert the vote. WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents searched a former top Justice Department official’s home and seized records from key Republicans in at least four states linked to Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, in what were clear signs that authorities are ramping up their investigation of associates of the former president.Īuthorities on Wednesday searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who was known at the Justice Department to champion Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
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