Trump is also planning to assemble investigative teams within the Justice Department to hunt for evidence in battleground states that fraud tainted the 2020 election, one of the people said. AdvertisementAsked about Trump’s plans to fire prosecutors on Smith’s team and investigate the 2020 election, a Trump spokeswoman echoed the president-elect’s frequent claim that the Justice Department cases against him were politically motivated. AdvertisementTrump still speaks frequently about the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden but continues to insist was stolen from him in key battlegrounds. Appeals on several fronts delayed the cases from going to trial before the November election, and Justice Department policy prohibits prosecuting sitting presidents. The president-elect announced he would nominate Todd Blanche to be the deputy attorney general, the second-most-powerful position at the Justice Department.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2024 09:42 UTC