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The DOJ Pressure Campaign Still Looked Worse With Every New File

Fresh reporting and committee records kept showing how Trump and his allies pushed the Justice Department to help overturn the election. What was already a wild abuse-of-power story was becoming a documentary record of a president trying to bend law enforcement to his political will.

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First recorded Mar 19, 2021·Meaningfully updated Mar 19, 2021

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The DOJ Pressure Campaign Still Looked Worse With Every New File

Fresh reporting and committee records kept showing how Trump and his allies pushed the Justice Department to help overturn the election. What was already a wild abuse-of-power story was becoming a documentary record of a president trying to bend law enforcement to his political will.

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The DOJ Pressure Campaign Still Looked Worse With Every New File

Fresh reporting and committee records kept showing how Trump and his allies pushed the Justice Department to help overturn the election. What was already a wild abuse-of-power story was becoming a documentary record of a president trying to bend law enforcement to his political will.

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