In a bombshell, The New York Times reports that in late December and early January, Trump plotted with a high-ranking loyalist in the Justice Department to "oust Jeffrey A. Rosen as acting attorney general and wield the department’s power to force Georgia state lawmakers to overturn its presidential election results.
According to the Times, the scheme was only foiled when the entire remaining top leadership at the Justice Department unanimously agreed they would resign if the plot went ahead -- and Trump became convinced that the resulting press coverage would overshadow his unfounded claims of election fraud.
On Monday, the House's article of impeachment will arrive in the Senate. Trump's trial has been scheduled to start the week of February 8.
Trump's alleged plot with the Justice Department official was part of what's now being called "the Big Lie" that led up to the violent insurrection at the Capitol that left 5 people dead.
Republican Liz Cheney explained during the House impeachment process, "The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not.”
The Washington Post editorial board agrees: "The known scale of Mr. Trump’s offense already qualifies him for severe punishment, and the danger he poses to American civic life is too substantial to ignore...The Senate must convict him quickly."
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