Politics A.M.: Trump to acting AG, according to aide’s notes: ‘Just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me’

Dozens of legislators from other states to join Texas lawmakers in D.C. to lobby for voting bills; Democrats call on McCarthy to apologize after he said 'it will be hard not to hit' Pelosi with gavel; Senate finishing crafting $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal, setting delicate debate in motion; GOP lawmaker who once spurned masks urges people to take covid-19 seriously after eight-month illness; The quiet Biden-GOP talks behind the infrastructure deal; How Ashli Babbitt went from Capitol rioter to Trump-embraced 'martyr'; Federal monitors cost millions, with disputed results. Seattle's police watchdog was a case in point.; Jan. 6 committee faces unprecedented choice of whether to call Republican lawmakers to testify; His campaign is over. But Trump's political groups are still spending donor money at his properties. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Trump to acting AG, according to aide's notes: 'Just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me' President Donald Trump bluntly urged acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen to back claims of voter fraud, which senior Justice officials told him were false. By Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   Dozens of legislators from other states to join Texas lawmakers in D.C. to lobby for voting bills At least 100 state lawmakers from 20 states will hold public and private events to push Congress to pass the For the People Act. By Vanessa Williams ●  Read more »   Democrats call on McCarthy to apologize after he said 'it will be hard not to hit' Pelosi with gavel McCarthy joked about hitting Pelosi while speaking at a Tennessee GOP dinner in which he was presented with an oversize gavel. By Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   Senate finishing crafting $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal, setting delicate debate in motion With the full text set to be released imminently, the fate of their labor now rests in the Senate, where proponents of infrastructure reform have little margin for error as they race to adopt the sort of bill that has eluded them for years. By Tony Romm ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   GOP lawmaker who once spurned masks urges people to take covid-19 seriously after eight-month illness Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd, a Republican, had become so ill from infection that he had to get a liver transplant in June. By Kim Bellware ●  Read more »   The quiet Biden-GOP talks behind the infrastructure deal As the deal threatened to collapse at several points, President Biden picked up the phone to speak privately with key Republicans. The negotiations tested his promise that he could work with GOP senators, yielding results but angering some liberals. By Seung Min Kim ●  Read more »   How Ashli Babbitt went from Capitol rioter to Trump-embraced 'martyr' Babbitt was shot and killed Jan. 6 by a police officer as she and hundreds of others stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn to the 2020 presidential election. In the months since, Trump and his allies have waged a fevered campaign to rewrite the narrative of one of the darkest days in the nation's history. By Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Federal monitors cost millions, with disputed results. Seattle's police watchdog was a case in point. After relaunching the consent decree program, the Biden administration is examining how it could work better. By David Nakamura ●  Read more »   Jan. 6 committee faces unprecedented choice of whether to call Republican lawmakers to testify By Karoun Demirjian, Marianna Sotomayor and Jacqueline Alemany ●  Read more »   His campaign is over. But Trump's political groups are still spending donor money at his properties. Former president Donald Trump's political action committees have continued spending money at his properties, filings show. By Isaac Stanley-Becker and David A. Fahrenthold ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Access to all stories in the newsletter is free. Sign up »

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