our justice ceorrespondent has more for us. how close were they to actually resigning? >> we're learning that at least one top doj official had his resignation letter drafted and ready. but he never actually sent it. and this week that official patrick hovakimian, he talked for three hours to investigators on the house oversight committee about what he went through. he was chief of staff for then acting attorney general jeffrey rosen. he wrote his resignation letter on january 3rd. he expected that rosen would be fired by donald trump for refusing the former president's, quote, direct instructions to use the doj to back up false claims of election fraud. it was on that same day, the first sunday in january where trump summoned the acting attorney general rosen and jeffrey clark to the white house to have this apprentice-style showdown. each of them essentially making their case. and at that same time, we've learned that several doj