Ex-President Donald Trump (75) is still of the opinion that he did not lose the November 2020 election. Even almost a year after his defeat, he said: “If we do not solve the fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the Republicans will not vote in 2022 or 2024.”
The 2022 election is about midterms, and then about the presidency in 2024. Trump announces this through his newsletter. It is one of his last mouthpieces after he continues to be banned for making false statements on Twitter, Facebook and Co.
According to Trump, the committee investigating the Capitol attack that killed five people should rather investigate the alleged election fraud.
Trump team sees defeat
After all, people came to the Capitol on January 6 to protest – Trump said.
Ten months after Donald Trump lost the US election to Joe Biden (78), Trump teams even realized that the election was not stolen. Because Trump supporters wanted to present evidence that allegedly votes were not counted correctly in the US state of Arizona. But loud USA Today a document from the team has emerged in which they officially declare Biden the winner.
Capitol Committee summons Trump colleagues
Meanwhile, the Capitol Attack Investigation Committee is doing everything it can to clear up January 6th. Documents have recently been requested from a former senior US Justice Department official.
Jeffrey Clark (54) was allegedly involved in the attempt to cast doubt on the result of the 2020 presidential election, the committee in the House of Representatives announced on Wednesday evening (local time).
“We need to understand Mr. Clark’s role in this Justice Department effort and who has been involved across the board,” said committee chairman Bennie Thompson.
The committee also asked Clark to testify. A report by the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed how Trump tried to put pressure on the Justice Department after the election. The committee relies on the report.
Trump wants to block the investigation
Clark therefore proposed a letter calling on MPs in US states to delay the confirmation of the election results. In addition, it should be declared at a press conference that the ministry is investigating allegations of electoral fraud. Both proposals were rejected.
Trump had recently tried to block the committee’s investigations and insisted on the so-called executive privilege. This is the president’s prerogative to withhold certain information from Congress or the courts.
US President Joe Biden has declined to accept the first White House records from the Trump era requested by the committee. (euc / SDA)