Mr Rosen’s testimony came a week after a House of Representatives committee released Justice Department documents showing Mr Trump had urged top officials last year to falsely claim his election defeat was “corrupt”. I was wrong,” Mr Durbin said, adding: “It’s a good thing for America we had someone like Rosen in that position.” When he was initially appointed, I didn’t think that was the case.
“I have to say history is going to be very kind to Mr Rosen when this is all over. Mr Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, praised Mr Rosen, a conservative lawyer, for his voluntary cooperation with the committee’s ongoing investigation into Mr Trump’s actions after the election. 6, 2021, but was a key player in multiple aspects of Trump's effort to undermine the 2020 election and the committee has sought his testimony.
“The former president is not subtle when he wants something.” Perry didn't speak at the pro-Trump rally on Jan. And it was very specific,” Mr Durbin said of the pressure on Mr Rosen.
Former US president Donald Trump mounted an intense pressure campaign against the Justice Department to overturn his election defeat in his final weeks in office, the department’s head during that time testified to lawmakers, a senior Senate Democrat said yesterday.įormer acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen provided “invaluable” testimony during seven hours of closed-door testimony on Saturday, in which he implicated Mr Trump in an attempt to subvert the election result, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin said.Īccording to Mr Durbin, Mr Rosen testified that Mr Trump directly pressured him to falsely assert that continuing election fraud investigations cast doubt on President Joe Biden’s victory.
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