'Pure insanity': Emails show Trump's acting attorney general and his aides battling Trump election conspiracies

Emails released Tuesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee document how top Justice Department appointees shifted from compliance to bewildered resistance amid an onslaught of directives and requests from former President Donald Trump's White House to try and overturn Trump's Nov. 3 election loss. Trump and his top aides began asking DOJ official Jeffrey Rosen to pursue baseless election fraud allegations at least 10 days before Trump elevated him to acting attorney general, and they didn't let up until early January.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.