tomorrow, but today, the focus very much on some of those issues over the ukraine. even though ukraine over ukraine, even though ukraine is not on the official agenda for sunday meeting, it inevitably dominated affairs, in the bilateral meetings as well that took place on the side. the theme of this conference is supposed to be progress for a just world. but what sort of justice progress for a just world. but what sort ofjustice is there for ukraine when it is under those bombardments as we saw in kyiv earlier this morning. little earlier i spoke to lord dannatt, richard dan net, a british parliamentarian who is the former professional head of the british army, i asked him whether he thought it was just a coincidence that the bombardment happened in kyiv, just hours before the leaders gathered here, in the bavarian alps. in the bavarian alps. i m quite sure there is a very clear leak. the attacks reported overnight on kyiv bear very little current operational and tactical sense, in the
his pajamas. but what a stunning figure that jeffrey clark is, you know? this sort of environmental lawyer who thinks that he should assign to be the acting attorney general of, of the united states, and defraud american voters. he didn t think that. donald trump thought that. well, he thought it, too. he just went along with the plan. let me play some of former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen s testimony, where jeffrey clark told rosen he had taken over, and offered rosen a job to work for him. that sunday meeting, when he told me that he would be replacing me, he, he said he had asked to see me alone, because usually he met with me and mr. donoghue, because he thought it would be appropriate in light of what was happening to at least offer me that i could stay on as his deputy. i thought that was preposterous. i told him that was
despite function of the departments chain of succession, mr. engel would be in the seat. we wanted to make sure he knew what was going on sure that be. the three of us knew. we also brought mckinney in. so, the four of us knew. but, no one else other afternoon.e else other we chose to keep a close hold because we didn t want to create concern or panic in the justice department leadership. but at this point, i asked the acting a.g., what else can i do to help prepare for this meeting at the oval office? and he said, you and pat should get the aags on the phone and it s time to let them know what s going on. let s find out what they may do if there s a change in leadership, because that will help inform the conversation at the oval office. pat subsequently set up that meeting. we got most, not all, but most of the aags on the phone. we very quickly explained to them what the situation was. i told them, i don t need an
into the meeting or something, i forget how far in, that mr. donoghue was outside, and he said, well, bring him in. and then mr. donoghue came in and joined the meeting. so, mr. donoghue, you enter that room. can you set the scene for us and describe the tone you walked into? yes, but if i could just back up one moment, congressman, because you put the pictures up on the screen of the aags. one of the aags who s not on the screen was john, the national security division aag. john was on the call but i prefaced the call by saying, john, we need you to stay in place. national security is too important. we need to minimize the disruption. whether you resign is entirely up to you. obviously, we ll respect your decision either way, but i m asking you, please stay in place. and he did. so i don t want to leave the impression that he was not willing to resign because i think he was. thank you for that. with regard to entering the oval office, i was sitting in the hallway. an administr
shman and mr. donoghue, quote, forcefully challenged mr. clark to produce evidence of his election fraud theories. mr. rosen, can you describe how that meeting started? yes. so, after some preliminaries so, mr. meadows had ushered us all in, and then he left. so, mr. cipollone did some introductions, i think, so after some preliminaries, the president turned to me, and he said, well, one thing we know is you, rosen, you aren t going to do anything. you don t even agree with the claims of election fraud. and this other guy at least might do something. and then i said, well, mr. president, you re right that i m not going to allow the justice department to do anything to try to overturn the election. that s true. but the reason for that is because that s what s consistent with the facts and the law, and that s what s required under the