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Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows pressed DOJ to probe claim Italy meddled in election using military satellites
- New emails show he pressured the Justice Department to investigate baseless theories that the election was stolen from Trump due to foreign meddling
- A conspiracy theory claimed that allies of Joe Biden in Italy could flip the result of the election using military satellites
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Mark Meadows, who served as chief of staff in Donald Trump’s White House, pressed the Justice Department to investigate several conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, according to reports.
The New York Times first reported on Saturday that in emails between December and January to then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Meadows pressed him to investigate the baseless theories that the presidential election was stolen from Trump due to mass fraud or foreign meddling.
Among the claims, Meadows pushed was the bizarre “Italygate” conspiracy theory.
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Its supporters invented a narrative that allies of Joe Biden in Italy could flip the result of the election using military satellites.
In other emails, Meadows discussed unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud in New Mexico and Georgia, pushed by Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
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The report was later confirmed by CNN and The Washington Post.
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