biden. the dominion voting systems were created in venezuela at the director of hugo chavez to make sure he never lost an election. after she was sued by dominion whereby powell s attorney eventually conceded that powell lied saying, quote, no reasonable person would conclude her statements were truly statements of fact, unquote. but long before that happened the president s attorney general, bill barr, was investigating all of trump s fraud claims. it was getting awkward because obviously he d lost the election and barr said he made it clear to trump during a november 23rd meeting that he had lost. our role is to investigate fraud and it s not meritorious. it s not panning out. he was going to win despite all the fraud. but spurred on by the most ardent election liars including many in maga media. clearly the president won this election. donald trump would not listen to reason or fact.
was appoint to the number two position in the department of justice. the deputy to jeffrey rosen, the new acting attorney general. the two men inherited a department under constant and public attack by the sitting president of the united states. fighting to hold on to an election. he falsely claimed had been stolen. trump thought the justice department was an arm of his presidency and a way for him to tell them what to do and they should do his bidding and what he wanted. as the new targets of trump rosen and donohue fielded near daily complaints from donald trump. between december 23rd and january 3rd, the president either called me or met with me virtually ever day. the common element of all of this was the president expressing his dissatisfaction that the justice department in his view had not done enough to investigate election fraud. but they were investigating.