Former President Trump instructed top officials at the Department of Justice to call the 2020 general election "corrupt" in support of his efforts to overturn the election, according to notes from a DOJ official. Handwritten notes taken by Donoghue and released by the House Oversight Committee on Friday show that Trump told the DOJ officials to "just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Trump reportedly told the officials, "People are angry" and "blaming DOJ" for "inaction." "We have an obligation to tell people that this was an illegal, corrupt election," Trump told them, according to the notes. TRUMP URGED GEORGIA ELECTION OFFICIAL TO 'FIND' ENOUGH VOTES TO OVERTURN ELECTION RESULTSThe conversation between Trump and the top DOJ officials is not the only call to be publicly released that depicts the former president’s attempts to overturn the election results.

Source: Fox News July 30, 2021 21:33 UTC