The day after the 2020 election, conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell was wrapping up her work in Montana when she got a phone call that would send her on a path to become one of former President Donald Trump's most devout election conspiracy crusaders.
Mark Meadows was on the other line. The Republican congressman-turned Trump's White House chief of staff wanted to know if Mitchell could go to Georgia, where the Trump political operation was preparing to turn to the courts as Trump's path to victory narrowed, Mitchell explained last week on a newly launched podcast about election fraud.
Meadows forwarded the email to acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen."Can you have your team look into these allegations of wrongdoing. Only the alleged fraudulent activity," he asked.The exchange is now part of what's understood to be a larger, persistent push by Trump and those around him to co-opt Justice Department leadership into supporting his election fraud accusations.
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