you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap his fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that? he responded very quickly, and said, essentially, that is not what i m asking you to do. what i am asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me on the republican congressman. that was former acting deputy attorney general richard donahue testing today during the presidential transmission. donahue said donahue urged him and another top justice department official to just declare, that the clancy 2020 election was corrupt and leave the rest to him. someone who knows firsthand, former legal counsel to democrats during trump s first impeachment, herman isan. what does that say to you, do you think about the former president intends. it shows a disregard for the
less overthrow the election, pressured them almost every day, asking officials to say things that were not true, that they told him were not true, and trying to get them to do things without precedence and that were arguably not legal. watch. 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 asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. i made the point that jeff clark is not even 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 in front of a trial jury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i ve done a lot of very complicated appeals and
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. that was former acting attorney general richard donahue testifying today during the presidential transition. donahue says the former president urged him and another top justice department official to just declare that the 2020 election was corrupt and leave the rest to him and a bunch of republican congressmen. joining us now, someone who knows firsthand the significance of these kinds of hearings, former special counsel to house democrats during trump s first impeachment, normanize b. norman, thanks for joining us. what does that statement convey to you, do you think, about the former president s intent?
justice department testified the former president was relentless in pushing election conspiracies and wanted them to overturn the 2020 vote. the witnesses said every time there were bogus fraud claims, he d push back with another demand. take a listen. 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 do. what i m asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. the committee revealed notes from the justice department officials documenting their calls with trump. and you can see it here, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. multiple sources tell cnn trump s allies acknowledged thursday s testimony causes damaging and bleak. another note revealing whether the former president
machines, declare the election corrupt and investigate conspiracy claims. watch. between december 23rd and january 3rd, the president either called me or met with me virtually every day. 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. just say it was corrupt. we also learned that when top doj officials refused to back his false election claims, trump wanted to install a little known doj environmental attorney and trump loyalist jeffrey clark as the acting attorney general. just hours before yesterday s hearing, federal agents raided clark s home.