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- The White House’s mole at the Justice Department has been ousted after pressuring staff for proof of electoral fraud, the Associated Press reported.
- Heidi Stirrup was placed in the department as a White House liaison in September, one of a number of Trump loyalists sent to monitor government departments.
- But in the past fortnight, Stirrup was banned from entering the building after officials learned of “her efforts to collect insider information about ongoing cases and the department’s work on election fraud,” the AP wrote.
- Trump has launched several lawsuits to overturn the election results — which he falsely claims are fraudulent — but those efforts are failing.
- Attorney General Bill Barr said on Tuesday that the Justice Department and FBI had found no evidence to validate the president’s claim.
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The White House’s plant in the Justice Department has been blacklisted for pressuring staff to hand over evidence of election fraud, the Associated Press reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
Heidi Stirrup – a key ally of President Donald Trump’s senior policy advisor Stephen Miller – was appointed as White House liaison at the department this fall.
Stirrup was told to leave 950 Pennsylvania Avenue some time in the past two weeks after “top Justice officials learned of her efforts to collect insider information about ongoing cases and the department’s work on election fraud,” the AP wrote.
Stirrup is said to have engaged in other misconduct at the Justice Department, including offering allies top department jobs without White House approval.
Business Insider has contacted the Justice Department and the White House for comment.
On November 7, the Justice Department said it would look into Trump's baseless claims that the US election was fraudulent.
There is no evidence suggesting voter fraud and, on Tuesday, Attorney General Bill Barr said neither the Justice Department nor the FBI had found evidence to validate the president's claim.
Trump and his allies have filed at least 32 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results, and have so far won none of them.
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Stirrup was one of a number of Trump administration officials planted across various government agencies by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and head of personnel John McEntee in late September, CNN reported.
Others included Joshua Whitehouse, who was moved from White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security to White House liaison at the Department of Defense, Foreign Policy reported.
Two weeks after joining Whitehouse signed a directive removing 11 out of 13 members on the department's Defense Policy Board.
Officials told Foreign Policy the purge was intended to free up room for new appointees loyal to Trump.
In an earlier ploy to monitor government agencies, the White House in June positioned two political operatives at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep tabs on director Robert Redfield.
Stirrup is still officially employed by the Justice Department, the AP said, but Trump announced a new role on for her on Thursday, nominating her to the Board of Visitors to the US Air Force Academy.
Before being sent to the Justice Department, Stirrup worked as acting director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and deputy White House liaison to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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