Then President Donald Trump pressured top US Justice Department officials in December to overturn his election defeat, threatening to oust them if they did not comply with his demands, documents released by congressional investigators show.
Handwritten notes show that Trump had taken these steps.
The newly released notes detail a 27 December phone call in which Jeffrey Rosen, who was appointed as acting attorney general a few days later, is quoted as telling Trump:"Understand that the DOJ can't + won't snap its fingers + change the outcome of the election.""Don't expect you to do that," Trump replied."Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen," in a reference to Republicans.
"The committee has begun scheduling interviews with key witnesses to investigate the full extent of the former President's corruption, and I will exercise every tool at my disposal to ensure all witness testimony is secured without delay," Maloney said in a statement.
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