WSJ: Trump Asked The Justice Department to go to the Supreme Court to Overturn Election

The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that former President Donald Trump has considered replacing the acting attorney general with an official willing to pursue unfounded allegations of election fraud and pushing the Justice Department to demand the Supreme Court invalidate President Joe Biden’s victory.

The newspaper added, citing people familiar with the matter, that the efforts made in the final weeks of Trump’s presidency had failed due to the objection of his Justice Department appointees who refused to file what they described as a legally unsubstantiated lawsuit in the Supreme Court.

Several people familiar with the discussions told the newspaper that other senior officials in the department would later threaten to resign if Trump sacked Jeffrey Rosen, the acting attorney at the time.

The Justice Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on Saturday.