Former President Donald Trump pressured the Department of Justice to file a pre-January 6 Supreme Court action to force a special election in Arizona and five other states.
The DOJ and Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen pushed back, asking for previous caselaw that would support the arguments. Although they did not file such a case, even the pressure campaign from the White House and its allies was inappropriate and unethical, without either factual or legal support for the claims.
The House Oversight Committee released the documents earlier today, which it received in response to a letter last month to DOJ demanding documents related to the lead up to the violent January 6 takeover of Congress to halt the acceptance of the Electoral College results.
The Complaint that Trump would have had the DOJ file alleges that the states had "rampant fraud" and that the temporary court-ordered extension of the voter registration deadline helped lead to an illegal result in Arizona. It cites then State Senator Warren Peterson claiming "evidence of tampering, there is evidence of fraud" in Maricopa County. It also included mentions of all of the other unproven and kraken-like theories of fraud that had previously been found lacking.
Trump also enlisted private attorney Kurt Olsen to pressure the Attorney General into filing the action. Olsen had represented Texas in its ill-fated Supreme Court action (that was also pushed by Arizona Republican lawmakers), and he advised Arizona State Sen. Sonny Borrelli that he knew of technology that could help Borrelli piece together shredded ballots allegedly found in a dumpster. (Thanks to Arizona Capital Times reporters Julia Shumway and Dillon Rosenblatt.)
Here is the Complaint to nullify Arizona's election that President Trump wanted the Department of Justice to file with the Supreme Court.
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