The department ultimately did not join the effort and numerous courts rejected lawsuits seeking to overturn election results in various states. The emails showed that Meadows asked Justice Department officials to investigate an unfounded conspiracy theory called "Italygate" alleging that U.S. electoral data was changed in Italian facilities with the knowledge of the CIA. Rosen forwarded the email to then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, who replied: "Pure insanity." The documents also showed that Trump pressured Rosen when he was deputy attorney general to have the Justice Department take up the election fraud claims. Biden won all those statesSimilar arguments were made in a lawsuit filed by Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas and a Trump ally.

Source: The Star June 15, 2021 15:11 UTC