speak to later in the product. let s take a look at another one of your notes. you all said that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that? 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 say it was corrupt and leave the rest to be and the republican congressman. so let s now put up the notes where you put the president. he said, the president, the president said, just say the election was corrupt, and leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. so, mr. donoghue, that s a direct quote from president trump, correct? not an exact quote from the president, yes. perhaps the most dramatic moment of the testimony was what donoghue later said about december 2020 white house
saying, well, i ve done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation, environmental litigation and things like that. and 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? and pat cipollone weighed in at one point, i remember, saying, you know, that letter that this guy wants to send, that letter is a murder/suicide pact. it s going to damage everyone who touches it. today s hearing also provided evidence that directly linked the former president to the effort to overturn the election. former acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue, who you just heard, also testified about a phone conversation he had with the former president during the transition. this is what he told a member of the committee, whom will speak to later in the broadcast, republican congressman adam kinzinger. let s take a look at another one of your notes. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote,
the election or find widespread voter fraud. it has not happened because it is not there. yet they continue to push this narrative that the election was i d like to move on with the other testimony today. go ahead. it s your show. you may be like, no, no, wait, wait. i just want to make sure i give you the opportunity. let s talk about the other testimony today because that was compelling as well. the former acting deputy attorney general. whoo, boy. acting deputy attorney general richard donahue that clearly showed trump s attempted weaponization of the doj. listen to this. 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 to you do
one of your notes. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj compla comp can t and won t snap its fingers and change the election. how did the president respond to that? he responded very quickly and said essentially that s not what i m asking you do, what i m asking you do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. michael, do you agree with dave that that speaks to the former president s intent here? absolutely. and i also would add to that that on the january 3 meeting in the white house, rosen and trump were having a conversation and trump says to rosen, you are not going to do anything about this, are you? you re not going to send this proof of concept letter that clark drafted this fraudulent letter about fraud in georgia. and he said i m absolutely not going to do anything about it. and he said i can t do anything about it, it is unconstitutional, it is illegal, and in the aftermath of that, trump still moved forwa
poorly in washington, d.c. it would be fascinating to see the political fallout of this, too. mike allen, thank you very much, this morning, for joining us. greatly appreciate it. yes. and thank you to the viewers for getting up way too early. i apologize that i am not jonathan la mir, i am just sam stein. i appreciate you getting up with me this friday morning. i will see you in just a second on morning joe, which starts right about now. 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 congressman. that is the key line from yesterday s hearing into the capitol attack. it s being called the, quote, smoking gun by one top lawyer, who says it speaks to trump s