

CNN reporter tears into My Pillow millionaire Mike Lindell for his claim 2020 election was stolen in off-the-rails interview during which he offers the reporter a hug.I was wrong,' Durbin said, adding: 'It's a good thing for America we had someone like Rosen in that position.' When he was initially appointed, I didn't think that was the case. 'I have to say history is going to very kind to Mr. Trump-era Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said Donald Trump mounted a massive pressure campaign for the DOJ to overturn his election loss Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin revealed the new information in a Sunday interview with CNN (pictured), claiming it came out during Rosen's seven hours of closed-door testimony on SaturdayĪccording to the Democratic Illinois senator, Rosen testified that Trump directly pressured him to falsely assert that continuing election fraud investigations cast doubt on President Joe Biden's victory. 'What was going on in the Department of Justice was frightening from a constitutional point of view,' Durbin said, adding that was evident by the fact that former Attorney General Bill Barr prematurely vacated his office after concluding there were no irregularities in the 2020 election.

'I thought he was very open and there's a lot there, an awful lot there,' he added. Rosen appeared voluntarily, which says a lot – and cooperated with us,' Durbin lauded. 'He told us a lot in seven hours of testimony, and I might quickly add, this was done on a bipartisan basis.'

Durbin, who chairs the committee, said Rosen provided 'invaluable' testimony.Īccording to the Democratic senator, Rosen testified that Trump directly pressured him to falsely assert that continuing election fraud investigations cast doubt on President Joe Biden's victory.ĭurbin praised Rosen, a conservative lawyer, for his voluntary cooperation with the committee's ongoing investigation into Trump's actions after the election.
