Toward the end of last year, former President Donald Trump telephoned the Justice Department nearly every day to push claims of voter fraud, according to two officials who briefed the Washington Post.
The Republican president’s persistent phone calls to acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen discussed theories and allegations he had heard about or watched on television, the outlet said, pressing the agency on how it would respond to the claims.
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Rosen told less than a handful of people about the near-daily calls, but notes of the conversations transcribed by an aide could be given to members of Congress, sources said. Elected officials could subpoena the former acting attorney general and other officials to testify for lawmakers.
The Biden Justice Department has alerted former officials that it would not invoke executive privilege if Congress called on them to testify.
A person with knowledge of the telephone conversations said Trump never threatened Rosen, but the former president wasn’t the only one making calls to the Justice Department, the Post said. So did his chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
Trump could file court paperwork to try to block officials from testifying and block notes of his conversation from becoming public.
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