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Trump’s DOJ pressure campaign gets more receipts

Fresh documents made public on October 8 showed how Trump, Mark Meadows, and outside allies repeatedly pressed senior Justice Department officials to challenge the 2020 election results. The material deepened the record that Trump’s effort to overturn the vote was not just bluster, but a sustained campaign to hijack federal institutions. For a former president trying to launder the whole episode into “concern” and “questions,” the paper trail was brutal.

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Trump’s DOJ pressure campaign gets more receipts

Fresh documents made public on October 8 showed how Trump, Mark Meadows, and outside allies repeatedly pressed senior Justice Department officials to challenge the 2020 election results. The material deepened the record that Trump’s effort to overturn the vote was not just bluster, but a sustained campaign to hijack federal institutions. For a former president trying to launder the whole episode into “concern” and “questions,” the paper trail was brutal.

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Trump’s DOJ pressure campaign gets more receipts

Fresh documents made public on October 8 showed how Trump, Mark Meadows, and outside allies repeatedly pressed senior Justice Department officials to challenge the 2020 election results. The material deepened the record that Trump’s effort to overturn the vote was not just bluster, but a sustained campaign to hijack federal institutions. For a former president trying to launder the whole episode into “concern” and “…

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