Former President Trump reportedly pressed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take his bid to overturn the results of the presidential election all the way to the Supreme Court, but the effort hit a dead end after opposition from the agency’s leadership.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump sought to have the DOJ file a suit challenging the outcome of the election before he left office last week, but a number senior officials within the agency refused to bring the case forward. Those officials reportedly included then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, former Attorney General William Barr and former acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall.
The effort was also met with resistance from former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin, the former White House deputy counsel, the Journal noted.
According to the newspaper, a brief was drawn up at one point by a lawyer working outside the administration for the effort.
Read more at The Hill.
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