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the ground prince today met with turkish president richard clark, 0101. once blamed the crown prince fort fisheries murder. for the 1st time in decades, the u. s. senate has moved towards passing them major gun control legislation . the senators voted to speed up our passage of a bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun walls soon. it's expected to vote on the measures this week. these proposals, they follow a number of recent mass shootings, including the ball. the texas school massacre is really lawmakers have voted in favor of dissolving parliament, moving the country closer to its 5th parliamentary election in 3 years. that emotion is the 1st step in a series of votes to disband. the government, after prime minister of tale bennett announced his 8 party coalition was no longer tenant. i'd hear some football transfer news, it is official synagogue, stars, audio money has completed his move to buyer and munich from liverpool. money is one of africa's most successful players having won the champions league and premier lee . he also led synagogue to african
the ground prince today met with turkish president richard clark, 0101. once blamed the crown prince fort fisheries murder. for the 1st time in decades, the u. s. senate has moved towards passing them major gun control legislation . the senators voted to speed up our passage of a bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun walls soon. it's expected to vote on the measures this week. these proposals, they follow a number of recent mass shootings, including the ball. the texas school massacre is...
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chris, one question is how richard clark got a meeting with trump.partment regulations for lawyers to talk to anyone in the white house without approval. i would have been fired on the spot if i had done that. >> literally fired on the spot? >> you don't go, as a lawyer for the justice department, you don't stroll over to the white house to tell the president what you think. there's a chain of command. it's very important to how democracy and the rule of law works. we know that president trump wasn't concerned about either democracy or the rule of law. that's why he is being investigated by the house panel and hopefully soon by the justice department itself. >> it's going to be another interesting afternoon. paul, ryan, thanks to both of you. >>> finally, we have to leave you with a look at a very sweet dog. a bloodhound named trumpet became the first of his breed to win best in show. he is four years old. he beat out a french bulldog, german shepherd and 3,000 other hopefuls. the audience seemed a little surprised. trumpet comes from a long line of
chris, one question is how richard clark got a meeting with trump.partment regulations for lawyers to talk to anyone in the white house without approval. i would have been fired on the spot if i had done that. >> literally fired on the spot? >> you don't go, as a lawyer for the justice department, you don't stroll over to the white house to tell the president what you think. there's a chain of command. it's very important to how democracy and the rule of law works. we know that...
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clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general, jeff rosen, and acting deputy attorney general. richard donahue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self incrimination and refuse to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general has refused to testify. here. as you will see, representative parry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon multiple other republican congressman also sought presidential pardons for their roles and attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our 4th hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president my pants to refuse to count electoral votes. on january 6th, vice president pans has spoken publicly about this. president trump was wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone.
clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general, jeff rosen, and acting deputy attorney general. richard donahue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self incrimination and refuse to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general...
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their official and lawful electoral votes for biden, acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, described jeff clark's letter this way. quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional political and social ramifications for this country. the committee agrees with mr. donahue, as assessment, had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr donahue also said this about clark's plan and i recall toward the end saying what your proposal is nothing left in the united states just as important meddling the outcome of a presidential election.
their official and lawful electoral votes for biden, acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, described jeff clark's letter this way. quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional political and social ramifications for this country. the committee agrees with mr. donahue, as assessment, had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters the ramifications could indeed have been...
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clark. las alegaciones que estaba promoviendo presidentes simplemente no tenÍan mÉrito, dijo richard. diÓ a la casa blanca que jeffrey clark fuera designado como fiscal general y que siete congresista republicano buscaron perdÓn por la casa blanca despuÉs del capitolio. hubo diversas entrevistas dirigidas los hijos de trÓn y el exvicepresidente pence, entre otros. las revelaciones y acciÓn judicial ocurre en medio de un drÁstico aumento a las amenazas que reciben los congresistas que integranla comisiÓn que investiga el ataque al 6 de enero. " estamos dando paso a la luz y la verdad ante las mentiras que han impregnado la visiÓn de muchas personas, y eso no los tiene felices", dijo el congresista kissinger. jorge: en un aniversario donde el colapso de los apartamentos de surfside, los sobrevivientes de la tragedia aÚn sufren con los recuerdos. ilia: una persona indica que no olvida el momento que bien una grieta del pare, sintiÓ que debÍa correr, bajo las escaleras y escucho el estruendo del colapso. >> la noche del 24 de julio marÍa monteagudo vivÍa en su nuevo hogar, en el departamen
clark. las alegaciones que estaba promoviendo presidentes simplemente no tenÍan mÉrito, dijo richard. diÓ a la casa blanca que jeffrey clark fuera designado como fiscal general y que siete congresista republicano buscaron perdÓn por la casa blanca despuÉs del capitolio. hubo diversas entrevistas dirigidas los hijos de trÓn y el exvicepresidente pence, entre otros. las revelaciones y acciÓn judicial ocurre en medio de un drÁstico aumento a las amenazas que reciben los congresistas que...
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clark the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff charkh has invoked his -- clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general, has refused to testify here. as you will see, representative perry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our fourth hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president mike pence who refused to count electoral votes on january 6th. vice president pence has spoken publicly about this. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the ameri
clark the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff charkh has invoked his -- clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clark...
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it's going to be the disaster of jeff clark. >> so former acting deputy attorney general richard donahue told then president trump during the oval office meeting on january 3rd, if trump appointed jeffrey clark as the acting attorney general there would be mass resignations at the department of justice. >> yes, so this was in line with the president saying we'll have to lose and along those lines, he said, suppose i do this, replace jeff rosen with jeff clark, what would you do. mr. president, i would resign immediately, i'm not working for one minute for this guy who i just declared was completely incompetent, so the president immediately turned to mr. engel and said steve, you wouldn't resign, would you, and he said absolutely, i would, mr. president, you leave me no choice, and i said we're not the only ones. no one cares if we resign. steve and i go, that's fine. it doesn't matter. you're going to lose your entire department leadership, every single aid will walk out of here. your entire department of leadership will walk out within hours, and i said mr. president, within 24, 48, 72
it's going to be the disaster of jeff clark. >> so former acting deputy attorney general richard donahue told then president trump during the oval office meeting on january 3rd, if trump appointed jeffrey clark as the acting attorney general there would be mass resignations at the department of justice. >> yes, so this was in line with the president saying we'll have to lose and along those lines, he said, suppose i do this, replace jeff rosen with jeff clark, what would you do. mr....
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clark. three formerjustice department officials testified before the committee earlier, one of them was richard clark is i made the point thatjeff clark is not even competent to serve as the attorney general. he has never been a criminal attorney or conducted a criminal investigation and his life. and he kind of retorted by saying well, i've done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation and environmental litigation and things like that and i said that's right, you are an environmental lawyer. how about you give it to your office and we will call you when there is an oil spill? and i remember saying, that letter that this guy wants to send, that letter is a murder suicide pact, it is going to damage everyone who touches it. earlier i asked the bbc�*s peter bowes what the key takeaways were from thursday's hearings. i think the main takeaway is that we are now hearing from several former officials from the justice department about this alleged pressure that donald trump was putting on them and the department to essentially back him in his claims that he had won the election, that th
clark. three formerjustice department officials testified before the committee earlier, one of them was richard clark is i made the point thatjeff clark is not even competent to serve as the attorney general. he has never been a criminal attorney or conducted a criminal investigation and his life. and he kind of retorted by saying well, i've done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation and environmental litigation and things like that and i said that's right, you are an...
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their video testimony were not holding back on what they thought about jeffrey clark and his qualifications. listen to what richard donahue had had to say about clark. >> i made the point that jeff clark is not competent to serve as the attorney general. he's never been a criminal attorney. he's never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he's never been a trial jury. he kind of retorted by saying, well, i've done a will the of very complicated appeals and civil litigation, environmental litigation and things like that. i said that's right. you're an environmental lawyer. how about you go back to your office and we'll call you when there's an oil spill. >> officials were alarmed when they heard about steps that jeffrey clark was willing to take to try to push there notion of voter fraud, frtry to over tn the election. listen to what this white house lawyer said. >> when he finished discussing what he planned on doing, i said good [ bleep ]. sorry. a-hole. congratulations. you just made the first step of committing a felony. >> reporter: the people around clark thought it was clear they thought the action
their video testimony were not holding back on what they thought about jeffrey clark and his qualifications. listen to what richard donahue had had to say about clark. >> i made the point that jeff clark is not competent to serve as the attorney general. he's never been a criminal attorney. he's never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he's never been a trial jury. he kind of retorted by saying, well, i've done a will the of very complicated appeals and civil litigation,...
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clark. three formerjustice department officials testified before the committee earlier — one of them was richard as the attorney general. he has never been a criminal attorney or conducted a criminal investigation and his life. he has never been in front of a grand jury, he has never been in front of a grandjury, much he has never been in front of a grand jury, much less a trial jury. and he kind of retorted by saying well, i've done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation and environmental litigation and things like that and i said that's right, you are an environmental lawyer. how about you go back to your office and we will call you when there is an oil spill? and i remember saying, that letter that this guy wants to send, that letter is a murder suicide pact, it is going to damage everyone who i'm joined now by frank bowman, a professor of law at the university of missouri and is a former federal and state prosecutor. thanks very much indeed for joining us. it is quite a cast of characters we have here but can you tell us a bit more about geoff clark? that was a damning assess
clark. three formerjustice department officials testified before the committee earlier — one of them was richard as the attorney general. he has never been a criminal attorney or conducted a criminal investigation and his life. he has never been in front of a grand jury, he has never been in front of a grandjury, much he has never been in front of a grand jury, much less a trial jury. and he kind of retorted by saying well, i've done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation and...
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clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and deputy acting attorney general richard donohue were reported by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearing. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general has refused to testify. as you will see, representative perry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6 to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressman also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our fourth hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president mike pence to refuse to count votes. vice president pence has spoken publicly about this. [video clip] >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. and frank
clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and deputy acting attorney general richard donohue were reported by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearing. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general...
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clark? and here's what donoghue, the deputy a.g., at the time said would happen. richardhue: he said: "so, suppose i do this. suppose i replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do?" and i said: "mr. president, i'm going to resign immediately. i'm not working one minute for this guy, who i had just declared was completely incompetent." and so the president immediately turned to mr. engel. and he said: "steve, you wouldn't resign, would you?" and he said: "absolutely, i would, mr. president. you leave me no choice." laura: donoghue went on to say that, also, hundreds of department of justice officials would go on to resign if trump tried to install jeffrey clark atop of the justice department. and one final important point about clark here, judy, is that he went before the committee in private deposition, and he pled the fifth over and over again, so as not to incriminate himself. judy: it appears he didn't answer any of the -- any of the committee questions. lisa, i want to turn to you now. we learned more today about the role in all of this of several
clark? and here's what donoghue, the deputy a.g., at the time said would happen. richardhue: he said: "so, suppose i do this. suppose i replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do?" and i said: "mr. president, i'm going to resign immediately. i'm not working one minute for this guy, who i had just declared was completely incompetent." and so the president immediately turned to mr. engel. and he said: "steve, you wouldn't resign, would you?" and...
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home, at the center of yesterday's hearing as we heard from jeffrey rosen and from richard donoghue. the role that clark tried to play in becoming the attorney general and push along this coup, that there was a plot here and you hear is captor and verse from the witnesses inside of the room in the oval office and we heard some of the sound bites but also pushing the wild conspiracy theories about italy satellites and chinese thermometers and seizing the voting machines, trying to grasp on to something with donald trump and his republican allies in congress to flip this election. >> yeah. jeffrey clark was at the heart of the former president's efforts to leverage the doj and abuse the department of justice in order to stay in power through any means possible. you heard rudy giuliani describe clark as someone would potentially didn't care about his professional reputation when it came to implementing these far-fetched conspiracy theories that no one else around trump wanted to touch. but i also think we need to know that it was congressman scott perry who actually was the connective tissue here. he intro
home, at the center of yesterday's hearing as we heard from jeffrey rosen and from richard donoghue. the role that clark tried to play in becoming the attorney general and push along this coup, that there was a plot here and you hear is captor and verse from the witnesses inside of the room in the oval office and we heard some of the sound bites but also pushing the wild conspiracy theories about italy satellites and chinese thermometers and seizing the voting machines, trying to grasp on to...
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clarke in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oaths of office. they did their duty. and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clarke has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clarke appointed as attorney general, has refused to testify here. as you will see, representative perry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6 to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our fourth hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president mike pence to refuse to count electoral votes on january 6. vice president pence has spoken publicly about this. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american p
clarke in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oaths of office. they did their duty. and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clarke has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clarke appointed as attorney...
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clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oaths of office. they did their duty. and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general, has refused to testify here. as you will see, representative perry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our fourth hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president mike pence to refuse to count electoral votes on january 6th. vice president pence has spoken publicly about this. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the america
clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oaths of office. they did their duty. and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney...
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soon after, rosen, clark and then acting deputy attorney general richard donohue were in the oval officeral, he would, quote, conduct real investigations that would, in his view, uncover widespread fraud. the post reports trump repeatedly went after rosen and donahue, saying they had not adequately pursued voter fraud allegations. quote, you two haven't done anything. you two don't care. you haven't taken appropriate actions. everyone tells me i should fire you. well, suppose i do this, trump went on to say to donahue. what would you do? sir, i would resign immediately, donoghue said he responded. there's no way i'm serving under this guy. trump also asked another official in the room, man named steve engel this, steve, you wouldn't resign, would you, trump asked? absolutely, i would, mr. president. you would leave me no choice. that was the response. and one point during this conversation, donoghue asked the president what happens if in 48 hours we have hundreds of resignations from your justice department, what does that say about your leadership? trump then turned to clark, thanked hi
soon after, rosen, clark and then acting deputy attorney general richard donohue were in the oval officeral, he would, quote, conduct real investigations that would, in his view, uncover widespread fraud. the post reports trump repeatedly went after rosen and donahue, saying they had not adequately pursued voter fraud allegations. quote, you two haven't done anything. you two don't care. you haven't taken appropriate actions. everyone tells me i should fire you. well, suppose i do this, trump...
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not just for clark's signature but for jeff rosen and richard donahue. when it was clear that he wouldn't sign the letter, the president's plan changed. as you'll hear today, donald trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general replacing mr. rosen with the understanding that clark would send this letter to georgia and other states and take other actions the president requested. one other point. millions of americans have seen the testimony of attorney general bar before this committee. at one point in his deposition, the former attorney general was asked why he authorized the department of justice to investigate fraud at all. why not just follow the regular course of action and let the investigations occur much later in time after january 6. here's what he said. >> i felt the responsible position was to look at if there was fraud. the fact that i put myself in the position that i could say that we had looked at this and didn't think that there was fraud was really important to moving things forward. i sort of shutter to think what the situati
not just for clark's signature but for jeff rosen and richard donahue. when it was clear that he wouldn't sign the letter, the president's plan changed. as you'll hear today, donald trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general replacing mr. rosen with the understanding that clark would send this letter to georgia and other states and take other actions the president requested. one other point. millions of americans have seen the testimony of attorney general bar before this...
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richard donahue and stephen engel. one topic of discussion will be jeffrey clark whom president trump wanted to install to lead the justice department clark was said to be supportive of the president's election fraud claims >> the president says suppose i replace him, jeff rosen with him, jeff clark. what do you do and i said, sir, i would resign immediately. there's no way i'm serving man minute under this guy, jeff clark. >> today's hearing will be the last until july. the committee says it needs more time to consider new evidence. that includes hours of unseen footage from a documentary from a film maker named alex holder the film maker is expected to testify before the committee today behind closed doors. phillip? >> all right, chris, thank you and special coverage of today's hearings will begin right here on nbc at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> robb elementary school, the scene of last month's horrific school shooting will be demolished the mayor of uvalde, texas said he did not believe any student or teacher should have to return thayer he also expressed anger and frustration over difficulty getting answers. and accusing s
richard donahue and stephen engel. one topic of discussion will be jeffrey clark whom president trump wanted to install to lead the justice department clark was said to be supportive of the president's election fraud claims >> the president says suppose i replace him, jeff rosen with him, jeff clark. what do you do and i said, sir, i would resign immediately. there's no way i'm serving man minute under this guy, jeff clark. >> today's hearing will be the last until july. the...
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clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oaths of office. they did their duty. and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark is invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general has refused to testify here. as you will see, representative perry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6 to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressman also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our 4th hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president mike pence to refuse to count electoral votes on january 6th. vice president pence has spoken publicly about this. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn thl election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alo
clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oaths of office. they did their duty. and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark is invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refused to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general...
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acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue describe jeff clark's letter this way, "this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country." the committee agrees with mr. donahue's assessment. clark assumed the role of attorney general and the days before january 6 and issued the letters, the ramifications could have been grave. mr. donahue also said this about clark's plan. [video clip] >> i recall towards the end saying, what you are proposing is nothing less than the united states justice department meddling in the outcome of the presidential election. [end of video clip] rep. cheney: in our hearings you will hear firsthand how the senior leadership of the department of justice threatened to resign, how the white house counsel threatened to resign, and how they confronted donald trump and jeff clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting attorney -- were reported by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did
acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue describe jeff clark's letter this way, "this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country." the committee agrees with mr. donahue's assessment. clark assumed the role of attorney general and the days before january 6 and issued the letters, the ramifications could have been grave. mr. donahue also said this about clark's plan. [video clip]...
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acting deputy attorney general richard donahue described jeff clark's letter this way. quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country. the committee agrees with his assessment. had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters, the ramifications could, indeed, have been grave. he also said this about clark's plan. >> i recall toward the end saying, what you're proposing is nothing less than the united states justice department medfuling in the outcome of a presidential election. >> in our hearings, you will hear first-hand how the senior leadership of the department of justice threatened to resign. the white house counsel threatened to design. and they confronted donald trump and jeff clark in the oval office. the men involved including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue were appointed by president trump. they honored their oaths of office, they did their duty
acting deputy attorney general richard donahue described jeff clark's letter this way. quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country. the committee agrees with his assessment. had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters, the ramifications could, indeed, have been grave. he also said this about clark's plan. >> i recall...
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soon after, rosen, clark and then acting attorney general richard donoghue were in the oval office. g to the deposition, trump told clarkful he became attorney general he would conduct real investigation that would in his view uncover widespread fraud. the "post" reports that they repeatedly said, you two haven't done anything. you two don't care. you haven't taken appropriate action. everyone tells me i should fire you. well, suppose i do this. trump said, what would you do? sir, i would resign immediately. donoghue said. clark specializes in environmental law. when one time trying to state his qualifications, donoghue shot back, how about you go back to your oil and we'll call you when there's an oil spill. trump asked another official, steve engle, steve, you wouldn't resign, would you? absolutely i would, mr. president. you would leave me no choice. and then what happens within 48 hours wes have hundreds of resignations from your justice department what does that say about your leadership. trump reportedly turned to clark, thanked him for his willingness and told him he would kee
soon after, rosen, clark and then acting attorney general richard donoghue were in the oval office. g to the deposition, trump told clarkful he became attorney general he would conduct real investigation that would in his view uncover widespread fraud. the "post" reports that they repeatedly said, you two haven't done anything. you two don't care. you haven't taken appropriate action. everyone tells me i should fire you. well, suppose i do this. trump said, what would you do? sir, i...
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richard donoghue, a seniorjustice department official, testified how one jeffrey clark tried to convincecked the other lawyers. isaid, i said, that's right, you are an environmental lawyer, but you go back to her office and we will call you when there is an oil spill. pat laid in at one point, i remember saying, you know, that letter that this guy wants to send come of that letter is a murder— suicide pact. it's going to damage everyone who touches it. now to a dramatic story of rescue. the american artistic swimmer — anita alvarez — had to be helped from the bottom of the pool, by her coach, after fainting at the world aquatics championships. the 25—year—old lost consciousness, and was not breathing, when she sank — after completing her routine in the solo free final in budapest. the us swim team, later released a statement saying alvarez, had received medical attention and was feeling better. the rescue was carried out by andrea fuentes — the head coach for the usa team. take a listen. i realised, ithink, before everyone else, because i know her very well, and i think at the last momen
richard donoghue, a seniorjustice department official, testified how one jeffrey clark tried to convincecked the other lawyers. isaid, i said, that's right, you are an environmental lawyer, but you go back to her office and we will call you when there is an oil spill. pat laid in at one point, i remember saying, you know, that letter that this guy wants to send come of that letter is a murder— suicide pact. it's going to damage everyone who touches it. now to a dramatic story of rescue. the...
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acting deputy attorney general richard donahue described jeff clark's letter this way, quote, this would be a great step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country. the committee agreed with mr. donohue's assessment. clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these leaders. the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr. donohue also said this about clark's plan. >> i was saying, what you are proposing is nothing less than united states justice department meddling the outcome of a presidential election. >> in our hearings, you will hear firsthand how the senior leadership of the department of justice threatened to resign. how the white house counsel threatened to resign, and how they confronted donald trump and jeff clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acte attorney general rosen and donahue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office. they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearing. by contrast, jeff c
acting deputy attorney general richard donahue described jeff clark's letter this way, quote, this would be a great step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country. the committee agreed with mr. donohue's assessment. clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these leaders. the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr. donohue also said this about clark's plan. >>...
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richard nixon. when i look at jeffrey clark, i do not see gordon lady. but we will patiently await the outcome of these investigations. barry berke, neil catio, thank you very much for leaving us off again tonight. donald trump has repeatedly tried -- did repeatedly try, to steal georgia's electoral votes from joe biden. >> donald trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general, replacing mr. rosen, with the understanding that clark would send this letter to georgia and other states. and take other actions the president requested. >> stacey abrams, candidate for governor of georgia, joins us next. gia, joins u next cake and eat it too. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? a monster was attacking but the team remained calm. because with miro, they could problem solve together, and find the answer that was right under their nose. or... his nose. mamá, growing up... you were so good to me. you worked hard to save for my future. so now... i want to thank you. i start
richard nixon. when i look at jeffrey clark, i do not see gordon lady. but we will patiently await the outcome of these investigations. barry berke, neil catio, thank you very much for leaving us off again tonight. donald trump has repeatedly tried -- did repeatedly try, to steal georgia's electoral votes from joe biden. >> donald trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general, replacing mr. rosen, with the understanding that clark would send this letter to georgia and other...
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richard donohue. >> i made the point, jeff clark isn't even competent to serve as attorney general, never been a criminal attorney, and said that's right, environmental lawyer. how about go back to our your office and we'll tell you when there's an oil spill. >> falsely claiming there was voter fraud and call you get on them for special legislative sessions. >> when he finished what he planned on doing, i said good [ bleep ], excuse me, a-hole, c congratulations, attorney general would be committing a felony. >> clarks, whoob had his house raided by the fbi on wednesday morning testified to the committee behind closed to haves in february, but took the fifth more than 100 times. >> executive privilege, again, restated for the abundance of kaulgz. >> reporter: trump only backed down from replacing rosen with clark when the top officials all threatened to resign in protest. >> other aids began to kmiem in, in turn and all essentially said they would leave, resign in mass if the president made that change in the department relationship. >> committee members today also revealing more information about the go
richard donohue. >> i made the point, jeff clark isn't even competent to serve as attorney general, never been a criminal attorney, and said that's right, environmental lawyer. how about go back to our your office and we'll tell you when there's an oil spill. >> falsely claiming there was voter fraud and call you get on them for special legislative sessions. >> when he finished what he planned on doing, i said good [ bleep ], excuse me, a-hole, c congratulations, attorney...
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richard donoghue , a senior justice department official, testified how one jeffrey clark tried to convinceorney, he is never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he's never been at a trialjury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i have done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation, environmental litigation, environmental litigation and things like that, and i said, that is right, you are an environmental lawyer, but you go back to her office and we will call you when there is an oil spill. pat weighed in at one point, and i remember saying, you know, that letter that this guy wants to send come of that letter is a murder suicide pact. it will damage everyone who touches it. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent, peter bowes. peter, thanks very much. always good to have you on the programme. what are the key takeaways from this session of the hearing? i takeaways from this session of the hearing?— the hearing? i think the main take away — the hearing? i think the main take away his _ the hearing? i think the main take away his we _ the hearing? i t
richard donoghue , a senior justice department official, testified how one jeffrey clark tried to convinceorney, he is never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he's never been at a trialjury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i have done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation, environmental litigation, environmental litigation and things like that, and i said, that is right, you are an environmental lawyer, but you go back to her office and we will call you...
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. >> eric hirschman and richard donahue describing their role as ag. >> jeff clark was proposing, that jeff rosen be replaced by jeff clark. and, i thought the proposal was asinine. >> what were clark's purported bases for why it was in the president's best interest for him to step in. what things changed according to mr. clark in the meeting? >> he repeatedly said to the president that if he was put in the seat he would conduct real investigations, that would come in his view, uncover widespread fraud. he would send out the letter that he had drafted, and, this was the last opportunity to set things straight with this defective election. and that, he had the intelligence, the will, and the desire to pursue these matters in the way the president felt was most appropriate. >> betsy, is there any evidence on the record that any of these people thought about coming forward in real time? thought about going ahead and doing the resignation, doing something dramatic to alert the american people to this plot ahead of time? >> what we know is that the news about this meeting that happened in t
. >> eric hirschman and richard donahue describing their role as ag. >> jeff clark was proposing, that jeff rosen be replaced by jeff clark. and, i thought the proposal was asinine. >> what were clark's purported bases for why it was in the president's best interest for him to step in. what things changed according to mr. clark in the meeting? >> he repeatedly said to the president that if he was put in the seat he would conduct real investigations, that would come in...
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clark's efforts were ultimately turned back by jeffrey rosen and richard donahue, the acting attorney general and his deputy. we do know, anderson, that donald trump wanted to make jeffrey clark the attorney general so he could enforce that effort that trump was looking into. but as both rosen and clark -- rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of lawyers had trump attended to install him as attorney general. >> we're reporting about eastman today because we just learn bt ait because of the court filing. there are new details the january 6 committee added for tomorrow. they weren't expected to do anything this week at least. do we know why or who they're talking to? >> this is a huge surprise, anderson, because the committee had made such a big deal of the fact they were going to take a break. they had brought in a lot of new information as a result of their hearings and were going to try to process that information and then not come back with another round of hearings until the middle of july. they're required by congressional rules
clark's efforts were ultimately turned back by jeffrey rosen and richard donahue, the acting attorney general and his deputy. we do know, anderson, that donald trump wanted to make jeffrey clark the attorney general so he could enforce that effort that trump was looking into. but as both rosen and clark -- rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of lawyers had trump attended to install him as attorney general. >> we're reporting about...
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clarks efforts were ultimately turned back by jeffrey rosen in richard donahue, the acting attorney general and his deputy. and we do know anderson that donald trump wanted to make jeffrey clark the attorney general so that he could force that effort that trump was looking into. but as both rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of department of justice lawyers had trump attempted to install clark as the attorney general. >> right, this about the department of justice independent of what the january six committee is doing. we are reporting about eastman today because we just learned about as you said because of that court filing. there also new details about this last-minute hearing that the january six committee had it for tomorrow. they were not expected to do anything this week at least. do we know why or who they are talking to? >> yes, this is a huge surprise anderson. because the committee had made such a big deal of the fact that they were going to take a break. that they had brought in a lot of new information as a result of their h
clarks efforts were ultimately turned back by jeffrey rosen in richard donahue, the acting attorney general and his deputy. and we do know anderson that donald trump wanted to make jeffrey clark the attorney general so that he could force that effort that trump was looking into. but as both rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of department of justice lawyers had trump attempted to install clark as the attorney general. >> right, this...
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clark in the oval office. the men involved including acting attorney general, jeff rosen, and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clarke has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self incrimination, and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved and trying to get clark appointed as attorney general, has refused to testify here. as you will see, representative perry contacted the white house, in the weeks after january 6th, to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressman also sought president pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our fourth year hearing, you we will focus on presidents efforts to pressure vice president mike pence to refuse to count electoral votes on january 6th. vice president pence has spoken publicly about this. >> president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election, the presidency belongs to the american people, and the amer
clark in the oval office. the men involved including acting attorney general, jeff rosen, and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clarke has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self incrimination, and refused to testify. representative scott perry, who was also involved and trying to get clark appointed as attorney...
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paper reports clark's bosses warned him there was not enough evidence to overturn the election and rejected his letter days earlier. acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputy richard donahue raced to the oval office when they learned clark was going to meet with trump. >> by the way, love the detail in the "post" story, donahue was walking on the mall, he had muddy jeans, an army t-shirt and got the call from rosen who said you don't have time to change, get to the white house now. >> he runs into the oval office looking like that. donahue urged trump not to put clark in charge calling him not competent and warning of mass resignations by justice department officials if he became the nation's top law enforcement official if according to donahue's account. clark and his lawyer declined to comment. >> one of the moments where, again, somebody loyal to donald trump is more loyal, though, to the constitution of the united states. >> we should make a list. pence republicans and trump republicans and the people who do it right, the people who say here is what i believe and i'm going to stand for it, and it also shows that i'm kind of worried that we haven't done somethi
paper reports clark's bosses warned him there was not enough evidence to overturn the election and rejected his letter days earlier. acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputy richard donahue raced to the oval office when they learned clark was going to meet with trump. >> by the way, love the detail in the "post" story, donahue was walking on the mall, he had muddy jeans, an army t-shirt and got the call from rosen who said you don't have time to change, get to the...
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clark may have committed? >> we heard yesterday from jeffrey rosen and richard donoghue, donald trump's white house was all over them to find evidence of election fraud. they didn't. jeffrey clark said why don't we just say we found it? he drafted this letter, he said, quote, at this time we have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states, including the state of georgia. he wanted doj to send that letter to georgia officials. that's just false. that's a lie. there is no such evidence and he wanted georgia to act on it. he said in the letter, you should call a special session of your assembly to consider your electors. what potential crimes? we could be looking at conspiracy to defraud the united states, doesn't have to be money, can be of a free and fair election, could be obstruction of doj, of an investigation, of congress, fairly counting the electoral votes, could be a false statement. it is a federal crime to submit a false statement through doj, to the irs, you name it. so those are the potential crimes in play. >> conspiracy here, because people
clark may have committed? >> we heard yesterday from jeffrey rosen and richard donoghue, donald trump's white house was all over them to find evidence of election fraud. they didn't. jeffrey clark said why don't we just say we found it? he drafted this letter, he said, quote, at this time we have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states, including the state of georgia. he wanted doj to send that letter to georgia officials....
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it was written by jeff clark, not just for clark's signature but for witnesses today, jeff rosen and richardither mr. rosen or mr. donahue would sign this letter, president trump's plan necessarily change. as you will hear today, donald trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general replacing mr. rosen with the understanding that clark would send this letter to georgia and other states and take other actions the president requested. one other point. millions of americans have seen the testimony of attorney general barr before this committee. at one point in his deposition, the former attorney general was asked why he authorized the department of justice to investigate fraud in the 2020 election asked why not just follow the regular course of action and let the investigations occur much later in time, after january 6th? here's what he said. >> i felt the responsible thing to do was to be in a position to have a view as to, whether or not, there was fraud. frankly, the fact i put myself into the position that we had looked at this and didn't think there was fraud was really importa
it was written by jeff clark, not just for clark's signature but for witnesses today, jeff rosen and richardither mr. rosen or mr. donahue would sign this letter, president trump's plan necessarily change. as you will hear today, donald trump offered mr. clark the job of acting attorney general replacing mr. rosen with the understanding that clark would send this letter to georgia and other states and take other actions the president requested. one other point. millions of americans have seen...
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amy: that is richard donoghue most of trump's paper attorney general jeffrey clark on wednesday.ary 6 committee revealed six members of congress who supported trump's coup attempt sought presidential pardons. a brooks of alabama, matt gaetz, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene, scott perry, and andy biggs. this is republican congress member adam kinzinger. >> my colleagues and i also take an oath. some of them failed to uphold theirs and instead chose to spread the big lie. days after the tragic events of january 6, some of these same republican members requested pardons in the waning days of the trump administration. five days after the attack on the capitol, representative mo brooks sent the email on the screen now. as you see, he emailed the white house "pursuant to a request from matt gaetz, requesting a pardon for representative gaetz himself and unnamed others." witnesses told the select committee that the president considered offering pardons to a wide range of individuals connected to the president. let's listen to some of that testimony. >> and was representative gaetz
amy: that is richard donoghue most of trump's paper attorney general jeffrey clark on wednesday.ary 6 committee revealed six members of congress who supported trump's coup attempt sought presidential pardons. a brooks of alabama, matt gaetz, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene, scott perry, and andy biggs. this is republican congress member adam kinzinger. >> my colleagues and i also take an oath. some of them failed to uphold theirs and instead chose to spread the big lie. days after...
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clark in, maybe something will finally get done. >> reporter: also at that meeting, steven engle and richard donoghue helped knock down claims of voter fraud and told the former president they had hundreds of attorneys at d.o.j. who would resign immediately if he went through with his plan. only then, donoghue said, trump backed off. >> i began to explain to him what he had to lose and what the country and the department had to lose, and this was not in anyone's best interest. >> reporter: jeffery clark did not testify today but invoked the fth amendment at a previous deposition and, yesterday, federal investigators raided his northern virginia home. meantime, the committee named more republican lawmakers who sought pardons after a meeting with the former president to are elat day.ys to block theatie nikole killion, thank you. let's turn to our cbs news exclusive and a new twist in the committee's investigation in the form of 120 hours of never before seen footage of the trump campaign and white house. the new revelation is making some members of former president trump's inner circle nervous. what's being build as an intimate behind
clark in, maybe something will finally get done. >> reporter: also at that meeting, steven engle and richard donoghue helped knock down claims of voter fraud and told the former president they had hundreds of attorneys at d.o.j. who would resign immediately if he went through with his plan. only then, donoghue said, trump backed off. >> i began to explain to him what he had to lose and what the country and the department had to lose, and this was not in anyone's best interest....
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acting attorney general richard donahue had previously told the committee he threatened to resign if the former president replaced rosen with another doj official, jeffrey clark. >> he repeatedly said that if he was put in the seat, he would conduct real investigations that would in his view, uncover widespread fraud . >> clark's home was raided by federal agents wednesday and federal investigators have served him new subpoenas this week. additional hearings are expected to continue next month after the july fourth recess as committee member say they have received a deluge of evidence. that includes hours of interviews with the former president and his inner circle. featured in the upcoming documentary, unprecedented from british filmmaker alex holder. >> i had one interview with president trump before january 6th into interviews with him after. >> alex holder set for a private deposition with the committee thursday. >>> obviously, a lot to unpack. training senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge. thanks for being here. so what did we learn about the january 3rd oval office meeting? >> we learned new detail and this is a little event before the
acting attorney general richard donahue had previously told the committee he threatened to resign if the former president replaced rosen with another doj official, jeffrey clark. >> he repeatedly said that if he was put in the seat, he would conduct real investigations that would in his view, uncover widespread fraud . >> clark's home was raided by federal agents wednesday and federal investigators have served him new subpoenas this week. additional hearings are expected to continue...
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acting deputy attorney general richard donohue described jeff clark's letter this way, quote, this would department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country. the committee agrees with mr. donohue's assessment. if clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters, the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr. donohue also said this about clark's claims. >> i recall toward the end saying what you're proposing is nothing less than the united states justice department medaling in the outcome of the election. >> in our hearings you'll hear first hand how the senior department of justice official threatened to resign and how they treated trump and clark in the oval office. acting attorney general were appointed by donald trump. these men took their oath of office, did their duty, and you will hear from them in their hearings. by contrast, clark invoked fifth amendment privilege and refused to testify. representative scott perry who was also involved in trying to get clark appoin
acting deputy attorney general richard donohue described jeff clark's letter this way, quote, this would department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for this country. the committee agrees with mr. donohue's assessment. if clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters, the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr. donohue also said this about clark's claims. >> i recall toward...
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clark discussed his plan to send a draft letter to key states, including georgia, urging the appointment of separate slates of electors. trump's acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputy richardo in the meeting, had already rejected that plan. according to "the post" as rosen and donahue listened, clark told trump that he would send the letter if trump named him attorney general. history is calling, clark said, according to a deposition from donahue. this is our opportunity. we can get this done. donahue urged trump not to put clark in charge calling him not competent and warning of mass resignations by justice department officials. trump ultimately backed down on replacing rosen with clark whose actions are under scrutiny by the house january 6th committee. a hearing on all of this originally scheduled for tomorrow has opinion postponed to next week. with me now former senator doug jones of alabama, a distinguished fellow for the center for american progress and paul butler, georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor. thank you both for being here. let me start with you, paul, because this is pretty straightforward, and it actually kind of reminds me of what trum
clark discussed his plan to send a draft letter to key states, including georgia, urging the appointment of separate slates of electors. trump's acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputy richardo in the meeting, had already rejected that plan. according to "the post" as rosen and donahue listened, clark told trump that he would send the letter if trump named him attorney general. history is calling, clark said, according to a deposition from donahue. this is our...
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new york times" and other outlets inside the oval office between clark, the man who would become the acting a.g. and his deputy richardnd of course one donald j. trump from the post reporting. clark had outlined a plan. in a letter he wanted to send to the leaders of key states that joe biden won. it said the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns about the vote and that the state should consider sending a separate slate of electors supporting donald j. trump for congress to approve. in fact, clark's bosses had rejected that letter days earlier. now they learned clark was about to meet with trump, acting a.j. g. jeffrey rosen tracked down donohue who had been walking on the national mall. clark told trump that he would send the letter if the president named him attorney general. history is calling clark told the president according to a deposition are from donohue excerpted in a recent court filing. this is our opportunity. we can get this done he said. donohue urged trump not to put clark in charge. what happens if within 48 hours we have hundreds of resignations from your justice department b
new york times" and other outlets inside the oval office between clark, the man who would become the acting a.g. and his deputy richardnd of course one donald j. trump from the post reporting. clark had outlined a plan. in a letter he wanted to send to the leaders of key states that joe biden won. it said the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns about the vote and that the state should consider sending a separate slate of electors supporting donald j. trump for...