to clark writing, this would be a grave step for the department to take and it could have tremendous constitutional, political and social ramifications for the country . i had to make it clear to him that there was no world in which i, and certainly the ag, were going to sign a letter like that. jake tapper: rosen and donoghue met with clark later that evening. richard donoghue: i do remember at the very end sayingng to him what you are proposing is nothing less than having the united states justice department meddle in the outcome of an american presidential election. jake tapper: but again, jeffrey clark ignored the direction of justice department leadership. he continued to claim, falsely, that there was widespread election fraud. he pushed to send out the letter again. and on january 3rd, he told rosen president trump had offered him the role of attorney general and he had accepted. richard donoghue: that led to a series of discussions and meetings that day. at this point, it had
to create that chaos? richard donoghue: i think so. yes. disturbed by the letter, donoghue immediately responded to clark writing, this would be a grave step for the department to take and it could have tremendous constitutional, political and social ramifications for the country . i had to make it clear to him that there was no world in which i, and certainly the ag, were going to sign a letter like that. jake tapper: rosen and donoghue met with clark later that evening. richard donoghue: i do remember at the very end saying to him what you are proposing is nothing less than having the united states justice department meddle in the outcome of an american presidential election. jake tapper: but again, jeffrey clark ignored the direction of justice department leadership. he continued to claim, falsely, that there was widespread election fraud. he pushed to send out the letter again. and on january 3rd, he told rosen president trump had offered him the role of attorney general and he ha
also working with john eastman, the architect of the multistep plan to overturn the election. the letter mirrored some of east man s unconstitutional theories. it would have created chaos in the states. i think that would have been disastrous for our country and constitution. wasn t that the point of the letter to create that chaos? i think so, yes. disturbed by the letter, donohue immediately responded to clark writing, quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take, and it could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for the country. i had to make it clear to him there was no world which i and certainly the a.g. were going to sign a letter like that. rosen and donohue met with clark later that evening. i do remember at the very end saying to him what you are proposing is nothing less than having the united states justice department meddle in the outcome of an american presidential election. but, again, jeffrey clark ignored the
letter to create that chaos? i think so, yes. donohue immediately responded to clark writing, quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take and could have tremendous constitutional, political, and social ramifications for the country. i had to make it clear to him there was no world which i and certainly the a.g. were going to sign a letter like that. rosen and donohue met with clark later that evening. i do remember at the very end saying to him what you are proposing is nothing less than having the united states justice department meddle in the outcome of an american presidential election. but, again, jeffrey clark ignored the direction of justice department leadership. he continued to claim falsely there was widespread election fraud. he pushed to send out the letter again, and on january 3rd he told rosen president trump had offered him the role of attorney general, and he had accepted. that led to a series of discussions and meetings that
to overturn the election. the letter mirrored some of eastman s unconstitutional theories. would create chaos in the states. that would be disastrous for our country and constitution. wasn t that the point of the letter to create the cast? i think so, yes. disturbed by the letter, donohue wrote quote, this would be a grave step for the department to take and it could have tremendous constitutional, political and social ramifications for the country. i had to make it clear to him there was no world in which i and certainly the a.g. were going to sign a letter like that. rosen and donohue met with clark later that evening. i do remember the very end saying to him, what you are proposing is nothing less than having the united states justice department meddle in the outcome of an american presidential election. but again, jeffrey clark ignored the direction of justice department leadership. he continued to claim falsely