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Jeff Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Automakers Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Trump and Justice Department lawyer said to have plotted to oust acting attorney general

Donald Trump and Melania Trump depart the White House on Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, 2021, hours before the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.

Schumer: Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8

Mitch McConnell after the Presidential Inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the US. (Photo by Melina Mara / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MELINA MARA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

McConnell seeks impeachment trial delay as Senate dysfunction reigns

Former President Donald Trump and Melania Trump waves upon arrival from their final flight on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

From commander in chief to interloper in Palm Beach January 21, 2021 | 12:45 PM

Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, where people are protesting the presidential election results. They came from around the country, with different affiliations — QAnon, Proud Boys, a few elected officials, many everyday Americans. One allegiance united them.(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Massachusetts woman punched in viral video before Capitol riot says 'I did nothing wrong' January 21, 2021 | 11:48 AM

Inside the stretch limo where 'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic's team waited for a pardon that never came January 21, 2021 | 11:32 AM

Charlestown, MA, 09/14/17, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Ed Markey came to see the dredging in Boston Harbor to officially kick off the Boston Harbor Dredging Project.
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'Like a weight being lifted:' Mass. delegation reacts to Biden's inauguration January 20, 2021 | 6:21 PM

Ivanka Trump (2nd R), husband Jared Kushner (R), their children, Eric (C-R) and Donald Jr. (C-R) and Trump family members stand on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as they arrive for US President Donald Trump's departure on January 20, 2021. - President Trump travels to his Mar-a-Lago golf club residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and will not attend the inauguration for President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump extended Secret Service protection for 14 members of his family as he left office January 20, 2021 | 5:16 PM

Members of the Proud Boys, who have engaged in political violence, at a rally in Portland, Ore., in September.Credit...Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York Times

‘A total failure’: The Proud Boys now mock Trump January 20, 2021 | 4:48 PM

Trump pardons father charged in college admissions scandal January 20, 2021 | 4:28 PM

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump exit Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport on the way to Mar-a-Lago club.

Photos: How Donald Trump and Mike Pence spent Joe Biden's Inauguration Day January 20, 2021 | 2:59 PM

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump head towards Air Force One for the last time at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, 2021, hours before the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)

Fact checking Trump on his final morning as president January 20, 2021 | 1:30 PM

A pedestrian passes live coverage of President Donald Trump making farewell remarks on a news report displayed at 100 Federal Street near Post Office Square in Boston.

As Trump exits without promised salvation, some QAnon followers wonder if they've been duped January 20, 2021 | 1:05 PM

Joe Exotic in the Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.

Trump pardon list omits Joe Exotic January 20, 2021 | 10:16 AM

Jabin Botsford

Hours before leaving office, Trump undoes one of the only measures he took to 'drain the swamp' January 20, 2021 | 9:27 AM

Al Drago

Watch Live: Trump leaves Washington January 20, 2021 | 8:13 AM

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.

Here's who Trump pardoned in the middle of the night Tuesday night January 20, 2021 | 6:41 AM

SUSAN WALSH

Here's what to know about Joe Biden's inauguration January 19, 2021 | 6:23 PM

EDS. RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE USAGE EMBARGO *** FILE -- The lobby of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Nov. 17, 2019. Though the hotel is loaded with debt and losing money, its credit card transactions have risen with Donald Trump's political ascent. The New York Times Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

The financial minefield awaiting an ex-President Trump January 19, 2021 | 5:34 PM

The US president's children Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump and her boyfriend Michael Boulos arrive for the US president's acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelection during the final day of the Republican National Convention from the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Tiffany Trump announces engagement January 19, 2021 | 3:30 PM

Donald Trump leaves town an outcast, trailed by pandemic, joblessness January 19, 2021 | 1:51 PM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate chamber on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC.

McConnell says for first time that Trump 'provoked' Capitol siege, mob was 'fed lies' January 19, 2021 | 1:30 PM

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell waits outside the West Wing of the White House before entering on January 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies January 19, 2021 | 1:28 PM

Suzanne Ianni (blue jacket) and Mark G. Sahady (bottom right) inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.

FBI arrests 2 Mass. residents for alleged roles in Capitol riot January 19, 2021 | 11:38 AM

Rioters surround the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post

Self-described militia members jailed on Capitol riot charges January 19, 2021 | 10:40 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 23: First Lady Melania Trump walks to the vehicle after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport on December 23, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. President Donald Trump and the First Lady are scheduled to enjoy a 10-day holiday visit at the Mar-a-Lago resort during the last Christmas of his precedency. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Melania Trump's last days as first lady January 19, 2021 | 10:24 AM

Klete Keller of the United States of America after finishing second in the Men's 200m Freestyle heats during the XII FINA World Championships at the Rod Laver Arena on March 26, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia. Photographer: Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images

From Olympic medalist to Capitol rioter January 15, 2021 | 9:12 PM

'I still feel sick to my stomach': Fall River store owner says he regrets role in Capitol riot January 15, 2021 | 2:41 PM

Demonstrators mob a Metropolitan Police officer as they enter the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 6.

How battered D.C. police made a stand against the Capitol mob January 15, 2021 | 1:37 PM

The Boston City Council unanimously supports removing Trump from office January 15, 2021 | 11:53 AM

Evelyn Hockstein

Dozens of people on FBI terrorist watch list came to D.C. the day of Capitol riot January 14, 2021 | 5:08 PM

N.H. man arrested in connection with Capitol siege January 14, 2021 | 4:55 PM

A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a Confederate battle flag inside the Capitol building in Washington, as a mob of his supporters protest the presidential election results, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Historians said it was unnerving to see a man carry the flag inside the Capitol, something not even Confederate soldiers were able to do during the Civil War. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Man photographed with Confederate flag in Capitol arrested, feds say January 14, 2021 | 4:38 PM