Talk:United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election

Explaining C-class
Given that this is a controversial topic, I'll explain that I gave this article a C-class because it's missing some inline citations where they would otherwise be appropriate. It also doesn't cover Trump's responses to any of this. Chess (talk) (please use&#32; on reply) 19:47, 29 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I appreciate it. We shall continue to work on it.
 * Re: Trump's responses, it's tricky to know what to include because his responses aren't normal (IMO) and don't form a coherent narrative.
 * Legal responses—He sues as a delay tactic. In the government document theft case, he had a lawsuit from August 22–December 12 this year. Also, in the Jan 6 investigation, he never testified after the House committee subpoenaed him in October. These have been added to this article. DOJ hasn't yet charged him with a crime, so he can't respond in a formal legal way to charges that don't exist yet. But, generally, in court, he delays or sues. This phenomenon is discussed on "Legal affairs of Donald Trump".
 * Threats and incitement—Throughout 2022, he expressed an interest in pardoning Capitol rioters. This month, he posted to Truth Social saying "the termination of all [Constitutional] rules, regulations, and articles" would be an appropriate response to his election loss and that DOJ/FBI are "Weaponized Thugs and Tyrants [who] must be dealt with". These reactions are on the article "Domestic reactions to the January 6 United States Capitol attack."
 * Nonsense—Over the last week, since the Jan 6th House committee published its final report, he's posted to Truth Social saying "What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger," name-calling the "Unselect Committee" and claiming "I had almost nothing to do with January 6th." These reactions are on the article "United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack."
 * The Jan 6 committee just published its 845-page final report. If he has any kind of substantive response to this, we should certainly add it. But realistically I believe no one is holding their breath.
 * Knowing how to frame Trump's responses, or lack thereof, is a challenge. I personally don't know what more to do here right now, but maybe someone else has an idea. Tuckerlieberman (talk) 20:29, 25 December 2022 (UTC)