FILE: A look back at Trump's 2020 election defeat as grand jury hands indictment against unnamed defendant in Jan 6 probe

Record ID: 1736238

  • Title: FILE: A look back at Trump's 2020 election defeat as grand jury hands indictment against unnamed defendant in Jan 6 probe
  • Date: 27th July 2023
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 16, 2022) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) GREGORY JACOB, COUNSEL TO FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, GIVING TESTIMONY TO JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE, AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ASKS, OFF SCREEN [“Did the Vice President ever waiver in his position that he could not unilaterally decide which electors to accept?”] (SOUNDBITE) (English) GREGORY JACOB, COUNSEL TO FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, saying: “The vice president never budged from the position that I have described as his first instinct.” WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 23, 2022)(UNRESTRICTED POOL) WITNESSES BEING SWORN IN – [R-L] FORMER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, STEVEN ENGEL; FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFFREY ROSEN; FORMER ACTING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, RICHARD DONOGHUE (SOUNDBITE)(English) COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, SAYING: “[OVER SHOT OF WITNESSES] You also noted that [OVER WIDE OF HEARING] Mr. Rosen said to Mr. Trump, quote, DoJ can’t [OVER SHOT ON HEARING SCREEN OF NOTES MADE BY DONOGHUE] and won’t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. How did the president respond to that sir?” (SOUNDBITE)(English) FORMER ACTING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, RICHARD DONOGHUE, SAYING: “He responded very quickly and said, essentially, that's not what I'm asking you to do. Well, I'm just asking you to do is to say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressman.” (SOUNDBITE)(English) THEN-COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, IN EXCHANGE WITH ROSEN, SAYING: KIZINGER: “Mr. Rosen, the president asked you to seize voting machines from state governments. What was your response to that request?” ROSEN: “That we had, we had seen nothing improper with regard to the voting machines. And I told him that the real experts that that had been at DHS and they had briefed us that they had looked at it and that there was nothing wrong with the voting machines. And so that was not something that was appropriate to do.” (SOUNDBITE)(English) THEN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, SAYING: “On the same day, acting Attorney General Rosen told Mr. Clark to stop talking to the White House, Representative Perry was urging Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to elevate Clark within the Department of Justice.”
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2023 16:30
  • Keywords: DOJ Donald Trump Jack Smith January 6th Mike Pence attack on Capitol
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  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
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  • Story Text: Donald Trump on Tuesday (August 1) was hit with criminal charges for a third time in four months - this time arising from efforts to overturn his 2020 U.S. election defeat - as he campaigns to regain the presidency next year.
    The charges stem from Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into allegations Trump - the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination - sought to reverse his loss to Democratic rival Joe Biden.
    Officials have testified that Trump pressured them based on false claims of widespread voting fraud.
    His supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a bid to stop Congress from certifying Biden's victory.
    More than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes arising from the riot, including some who have been convicted of seditious conspiracy.
    These represent a second round of federal charges by Smith, who was appointed a special counsel in November by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.
    Trump has denied the charges.
    (Production: Ashraf Fahim, Arlene Eiras)
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