Detailed for the very first time what reads like a premeditat plan for a conspiracy and who would aid his coup attempt. the exchange unfolded during a phone call on december 27th in which trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, jeffrey rosen, and his deputy, richard donahue, on voter fraud claims the department had disproved. donahue warned the department had no power to change the outcome of the election. trump replied he did not expect that. quote, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and to congressional allies. trump did not name the lawmakers but at other points during the call mentioned representative jim jordan of ohio whom he described as a fighter, scott perry of pennsylvania, who at the time promoted the idea the