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‘Pure insanity’: Justice Dept. rebuffed Trump bid to overturn election

United States · 2:57 PM UTC

Former President Donald Trump pressed the Justice Department during his waning weeks in office to join his failed effort to overturn his election defeat based on his false claims of voting fraud, but its leaders refused, with one decrying the "pure insanity" of the claims, documents released on Tuesday showed.

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