KEY POINTS
  • "Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen," Trump instructed the DOJ officials, according to notes taken by then-Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue.
  • The handwritten notes, released by the House Oversight Committee, were taken by Donoghue during a Dec. 27 phone call with Trump and then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.
  • Trump also suggested on the call that he was considering replacing the agency's leadership, the notes show.

Then-President Donald Trump pressured his new acting attorney general to overturn the 2020 vote, telling him "just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen," according to notes of a phone call released Friday by a House committee.

Trump also suggested that he was considering replacing the Justice Department's leadership, according to the notes taken by then-Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, who was on the Dec. 27 call.