In a report, the British newspaper The Guardian said on Saturday 23 January that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from power has left great chaos in the White House, and current President Joe Biden is trying to pick up its consequences in the coming days.
Reports, including a report by the New York Times, said that Trump had conspired with a high-ranking official in the US Department of Justice to sack the Acting Attorney General, and his decisions did not stop at that. Rather, according to the US report, he pushed Republicans in the famous state of Georgia to fraud Loss and announcement of victory.
Trump's plot before his departure
In the same context, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday January 23, 2021, that former US President Donald Trump had considered changing the acting attorney general with another official willing to adopt the version of election fraud in Georgia and pushing the Justice Department to demand the Supreme Court to nullify the president's victory Joe Biden.
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 those appointed by the Justice Ministry and those who refused to file what they described as a lawsuit that has no legal basis 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 request for comment from Reuters on Saturday.
The US Defense Secretary resigns in Trump's government
The report indicated that these "frustrating" scenes prompted Christopher Miller, the former US Secretary of Defense, to offer an exceptional recognition, as he said in press statements to Vanity Fair that when he took office in November 2020, he had three goals: "No A military coup, not a major war, and no forces in the streets. " "The goal of" No forces in the streets "changed dramatically at around 14:30 (on January 6)," he added.
This memorable night in the history of the country, according to the report, was the time of the storming of the US Capitol building, by followers of Trump, as American press reports claimed that some members of the group who stormed the US Congress were looking for representatives to kidnap or kill them.
Trump's second trial within days
While the British report indicated that the agreement of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate on the evening of Friday, January 22, 2021, means agreement on Trump's second trial, in the week that begins on February 8.
If Trump is indicted according to the report, although it is unlikely given the statements of Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Trump will likely be barred from running for a new office.
In contrast, the former president's continued illegal efforts to reverse his loss to Biden in Georgia were widely reported. On the day Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, killing five people, 147 Republicans in the House and Senate lodged objections to the election results, and that attempt to cancel the elections failed.
Questioning the seriousness of the authorities' handling of the congressional storming
In the same context, the response of law enforcement authorities and the Pentagon to the riots in the Capitol was questioned, due to the ease with which the protesters entered the building and the time it took for the National Guard to reach the site, as well as the killing of an officer in the midst of the clash with the rioters.
Miller told Vanity Fair, "We had a lot of meetings, we were watching, and then everyone gathered in my office: the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (General Mark Milley) and the secretary of the army (Ryan McCarthy)." He added, "We have already decided that we need to revitalize the National Guard, and here comes the role of tear smoke and direct contact."
Cash Patel, a Trump loyalist who was named Miller's chief of staff - and accused of blocking the transfer of power to Biden, said in his press statements: “The mayor finally said, 'Well, I need more.' Then a federal agency made the request, and we did it. '' Then we went to the work".
Miller, for his part, described accusations that the Pentagon was slow to respond with "complete nonsense," and said that historians would look at the actions we took on that day and say, "These people did their duty."
Despite all of this, Trump's alleged plot against Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen was unsuccessful.
On the other hand, the reports indicated details of the "terrible silence" between the leaders of the Ministry of Justice, as they were informed of the moves of Trump and "the modest lawyer," Jeffrey Clark ", to question the election results, fuel legal battles and pressure politicians in Georgia."
For his part, Rosen took over as acting attorney general after William Barr resigned, and said that there was no evidence of fraud, while Georgia's Republicans, including Governor Brian Kemp and State Secretary Brad Ravensburger, refused to respond to the former president's demands.