![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/trump-used-formal-doj-letters-to-pressure-officials-with-false-election-claims/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Donald-Trump-23201738485575.jpg&description=Former President Donald Trump is facing four criminal charges connected to his attempts to overthrow the 2020 election results and the January 6 Capitol riots that left multiple people dead Donald Trump has been accused of using the "power and authority" of the US Department of Justice to pressure officials into accepting his bogus claims of election fraud. The revelations come as part of the latest indictment against the former-President. He is facing a four-count indictment - conspiracy to defraud the US; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights. The indictment claims the then-president allegedly used 'deceit' to get election officials in seven states to 'subvert the legitimate election results and change electoral votes.' According to the indictment, part of the deceit was to use Justice Department Prosecutors allege: "In late December 2020, the Defendant (Trump) attempted to use the Justice Department to make knowingly false claims of election fraud to officials in the targeted states through a formal letter under the Acting Attorney General's signature, thus giving the Defendant's lies the backing of the federal government and attempting to improperly influence the targeted states to replace legitimate Biden electors with the Defendant's." The content of the letter, which was described as "false" by the Acting Deputy Attorney General, attempted to undermine the election results by stating the DoJ had "significant concerns" about how the counts were carrried out. The letter also tried to enhance the legitimacy of "fraudulent electors" in place of the legitimate ones. Among the 45 page indictment, prosecutors allege Trump: "and co-conspirators attempted to use the power and authority of the Justice Department to conduct sham election crime investigations." Responding to the new charges, the Trump team put out a deranged statement, comparing his treatment to Nazi Germany. The unhinged rant){kind=link}
Former President Donald Trump is facing four criminal charges connected to his attempts to overthrow the 2020 election results and the January 6 Capitol riots that left multiple people dead
Donald Trump has been accused of using the “power and authority” of the US Department of Justice to pressure officials into accepting his bogus claims of election fraud.
The revelations come as part of the latest indictment against the former-President. He is facing a four-count indictment – conspiracy to defraud the US; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
The indictment claims the then-president allegedly used “deceit” to get election officials in seven states to “subvert the legitimate election results and change electoral votes.”
According to the indictment, part of the deceit was to use Justice Department