(CNN) The Justice Department's internal watchdog will investigate whether any department official sought to have the department overturn President Joe Biden's election win. The office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz is launching "an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election," it announced Monday. The Times said in a report published Friday that Jeffrey Clark, a lawyer for the DOJ, nearly convinced Trump earlier this month to remove Rosen and use the department to undo Georgia's election results. Clark -- who appealed to the former President's false claims of election fraud -- met with Trump earlier in January and told Rosen following the meeting that the then-President was going to replace him with Clark. Clark would then move to keep Congress from certifying the election results in Biden's favor, according to the paper.

Source: CNN January 25, 2021 17:20 UTC