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 had accepted.