United States: In a broader effort to gather information about plans to rig the 2020 presidential election, the US Justice Department has summoned dozens of members of former President Donald Trump's campaign and aides, according to people familiar with the situation.

According to those who asked to remain anonymous and speak about the sensitive topic, the summons were recently issued as part of a broader investigation over a public fight between the Justice Department and Trump. It's happening behind the scenes in a big way. Handling classified documents by the former President.

According to The New York Times, the department also took a call last week from Trump's lawyer Boris Epshtein and Mike Roman, a strategist who oversees the conduct of the Trump campaign on Election Day in 2020, which previously broke the story.

Requests for comment from Epshteyn and Roman did not go away. Justice Department officials opted not to comment.

Bernard Kerrick, a former New York City Police Commissioner, was among those to receive a summons, according to his attorney, Timothy Parlator. According to Parlator, the Justice Department didn't have a clear understanding of what it was looking for because the summons was so broad.

According to Parlator, the DoJ may have issued the most stupid summons ever. “Summons from the DOJ are generally very specific. It appears to be more of a fishing expedition than a civil complaint summons.

According to Parlatore, Kerrick has already provided information to the Congressional Committee investigating the January 6 conspiracy.
Trump spokesman Taylor Budovich claimed in a statement that the former president's America First agenda was being "threatened by an armed and politicized Justice Department and suppressed by casting a blind net to intimidate and silence Republicans." was."

According to The New York Times, the summons sought information about attempts to rig elections in swing states so that Joe Biden could not be declared the winner.

When the Electoral College votes were officially counted on January 6, 2021, a group of seven battleground Trump supporters said the former president had asked Congress to block a slate of alternative voters to prevent final certification of Biden's victory. Hand over.

According to the Times, some of the new subpoena focuses on the activities of the Save America Political Action Committee, which has served as Trump's primary vehicle for political fundraising since leaving office.

According to the House committee that investigated the January 6 uprising, Trump and his allies raised $250 million for donations from supporters via 25 emails per day to fight election fraud, even though they knew the claims were untrue. And the funds were often used for other purposes.

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