can t and won t snap its fingers to change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded very quickly and said, essentially, that s not what i am asking you to do. i m just asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. now, we are learning that richard donahue has spoken to special counsel jack smith s office. donahue confirmed to nbc news that he was interviewed by prosecutors, although he s not been called to testify before the federal grand jury. we are also getting new information about a another potential communication between the special counsel and a key figure in the election investigation, an attorney for john eastman. the lawyer who pushed that nonsensical theory, you may remember, that mike pence could overturn the election on january 6th. he tells nbc news that he is working on a proactive hail mary for his client, which is basically a memo to prosecutors, explaining why eastm
overturn the election, chris krebs. he puby rejected trump s claims of widespread fraud saying, quote, there is no evidence any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised and then he was fired. the former acting attorney general richard donahue has been interviewed by jack smith s team. he previously testified by the house january 6 committee that investigated the capitol riot and here is what he told them. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outside come of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responsibilitied quickly and said essentially, that s not what i m asking you to do. what i m asking to you do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. meanwhile, trump told reporters in new orleans he s not worried businessing charges.
can t and won t snap its fingers. how did the president respond to that, sir? very quickly and said that s not what i m asking you to do. just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the rest of the congressmen. he has a handwritten note. that s really important to prosecutors. appreciate it as always. rudy giuliani is conceding in a court filing that he made defameatory comments to resolve a lawsuit against him brought by ruby freeman and her daughter. former president trump and his then personal attorney giuliani says giuliani targeted them after the 2020 election by tweeting this surveillance
if more of this continues to unravel, it rises to the level of an impeachment inquiry. this comes as we are waiting on a third indictment for donald trump connected to trying to overturn the 2020 election and as we ve learned the special counsel s office has spoken with two more key witnesses in that investigation. former trump administration official chris krebs and trump s acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue who had this to say at the january 6th hearings. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded with very quickly and said, essentially, that s not what i m asking you to do. what i m asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican
them into account in determines that giuliani should have his law license revoked. so i think that what we re seeing here is the last stages of the investigation, where smith is trying to make sure everything is buttoned down before he returns his indictment, which could be today. and, so, joe, we also learned that former justice department official richard donoghue has been interviewed by the special counsel s office. we already have a bit of an idea of what donoghue would say because he spoke before the house january 6th select committee. let s listen. let s take a look at another one of your notes. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded very quickly and said essentially that s not what i m asking you to do, what i m just asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. jill,