Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen told congressional investigators on Saturday that President Trump pressured him and other Justice Department leaders to overturn the election.
Then-President Trump urged top Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election “corrupt” in late December as part of an effort to overturn the outcome, according to hand-written notes of the conversation.
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen will succeed outgoing Attorney General William Barr after President Trump announced the resignation in a tweet Monday afternoon.
McCabe, a 21-year FBI veteran and a target of President Trump’s ire, says he never intended to mislead investigators.
Former Deputy Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey Rosen, who has no experience as a prosecutor, is now the second-in-command at the Justice Department.
