selection loss, was a letter. mr. donahue, on december 28th, mr. clark emailed you and mr. rosen a draft letter that he wanted you to sign and send to georgia state officials. you testified that this could have grave constitutional consequences. can you tell us what you meant by that? i had to read both emails in the attached letter twice to make sure i really understood what he was proposing. it was so extreme to me, i had a hard time getting my head around it. i read it and i did understand it for what he intended. and i had to sit down and serve , compose what that was an appropriate response. i went next door to the acting ig s office. he was not there. we both had an email. he was not in his offers. i returned my office. . this is not the departments role. to suggest or dictate to state legislatures how they should select their electors. but, more importantly, this was not based on fact. this is actually contrary to the facts, as developed by the department investigati
with just 36 days left until the inauguration. he was specifically assigned to work under jeff clark. he also worked with john eastman. who we showed you at our hearing last week was one of the primary are a president trump scheme to overturn the election. the georgia letter that we have been discussing specifically talks about some of dr. eastman s theories. in the, quote, the purpose of the special session that the mints recommends a b for the general assembly to determine whether the election held to make a proper and valid choice between the candidates. the general lesson we can take whatever action is necessary to ensure that one of electors commands on december 14th would be accepted by congress on january 6th. he has also learned the relationship between dr. eastman and mr. rakowski persisted after he joined the justice department. ned the justice department.
what they said is we have to create rules and regulations for conduct. we are doing that. it is not a big deal. if he misbehaves we will throw him out. we will stop the news conference. or somebody else. not just saying that about acosta. cnn rights very fake news. reporter: cnn cast it is a victory for the news business. i think my colleagues this week. i want to thank the judge for the decision he made today. reporter: the judge did not address whether acosta s conduct was rude or disruptive. it was at least a symbolic when for the press over the president. ed: the justice department responded as well saying we are disappointed with the district court s decision. the president has broad authority to regulate access to the white house. including press conferences. california s governor is under new scrutiny for vetoing a wildfire management bill two
that s what i m going to press for this week. reporter: the justice department is pushing back. they stated after careful evaluation and following consultation with the director of national intelligence, the federal bureau of investigation and the white house,ed the justice department determined it is not in a position to provide information responsive to your request regarding a specific individual. city woulding interfere with intelligence activity. the letter goes on to say the doj is willing to see if there are other ways it can accommodate the intelligence ony