DOJ notes reveal Trump ordered officials: "Just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me"

The House Oversight Committee released handwritten notes from former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue detailing a December 27, 2020, call with Trump. In the call, Trump pressured DOJ officials to declare the election invalid despite knowing there was no evidence of widespread fraud. "Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen," Trump instructed, providing smoking-gun evidence of his attempt to weaponize the Justice Department to overturn the results.

"Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen." — Handwritten notes by Richard Donoghue of Dec 27, 2020 call