aware of what donald trump was doing in terms of his election fraud claims. did you have any apprehension or becoming deputy attorney general? >> no invited concerned about that. i have great confidence in the team. how long do you want to be part of the team? do you want to be there when it matters? >> you can't ever accept when they steal, , and rob appear you can accept it. >> after attorney general bill barr resigned, richard donoghue was appointed number two in the department of justice. the deputy to jeffrey rosen, the new acting attorney general. he inherited desperate under constant and public attack by the sitting president of the united states, fighting to hold onto an election. he falsely claimed had been stolen. >> trump felt the justice department was an arm of his presidency in 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's iyer, rosen o'donoghue