This Washington Post article broke the news that the Justice Department is investigating former President Donald Trump’s actions in planning to overturn the 2020 election as part of its criminal probe.  Prosecutors questioning witnesses before a grand jury have inquired into his communications about replacing certified electors with Trump allies.  They also have reviewed senior Trump aides’ phone records.  A person familiar with the probe disclosed that these efforts seek to uncover, at minimum, what Trump instructed his lawyers and senior officials to do regarding fake electors.

“The revelations raise the stakes of an already politically fraught probe involving a former president, still central to his party’s fortunes, who has survived previous investigations and two impeachments.  Long before the Jan. 6 investigation, Trump spent years railing against the Justice Department and the FBI; the investigation moving closer to him will probably intensify that antagonism.”