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Newly surfaced details kept widening the story of how Trump and his allies pressed the Justice Department to help undo the election, including talk of replacing senior DOJ leadership with someone more willing to carry the scheme. The day’s disclosures made the pressure campaign look less like bluster and more like an organized attempt to weaponize law enforcement against the vote count.
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Newly surfaced details kept widening the story of how Trump and his allies pressed the Justice Department to help undo the election, including talk of replacing senior DOJ leadership with someone more willing to carry the scheme. The day’s disclosures made the pressure campaign look less like bluster and more like an organized attempt to weaponize law enforcement against the vote count.
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Newly surfaced details kept widening the story of how Trump and his allies pressed the Justice Department to help undo the election, including talk of replacing senior DOJ leadership with someone more willing to carry the scheme. The day’s disclosures made the pressure campaign look less like bluster and more like an organized attempt to weaponize law enforcement against the vote count.
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