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donahue and mr. engle were preparing for the meeting at the white house, jeff clark and the president were in constant communication beginning at 7:00 a.m. white house call logs obtained by the committee show that by 4:19 p.m. on january 3rd, the white house had begun referring to mr. clark as the acting attorney general. as far as the white house was concerned, mr. clark already already at the top of the justice department. two hours later, doj leadership arrived at the white house. the select committee interviewed every person who was inside the room during this sunday evening oval office meeting. mr. cippillone said he was angry and they forcefully challenged mr. clark to produce evidence of his election fraud theorys. mr. rosen, can you describe how that meeting started? >> yes. so after some preliminaries, mr. meadows ushered us all in and then he left. so mr. cippillone did some introductions. the president then turned to me and he said, well, one thing we know is you, rosen, you aren't going t
donahue and mr. engle were preparing for the meeting at the white house, jeff clark and the president were in constant communication beginning at 7:00 a.m. white house call logs obtained by the committee show that by 4:19 p.m. on january 3rd, the white house had begun referring to mr. clark as the acting attorney general. as far as the white house was concerned, mr. clark already already at the top of the justice department. two hours later, doj leadership arrived at the white house. the select...
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donahue and i had with him. again, he raised with both of us, that he wanted us both to sign that letter. >> in that meeting, did mr. clark say that he would turn down the presidents offer if he reversed your position, and signed the letter? >> yes. >> did mr. clark say still refused to sign? >> mr. donoghue and i were both consistent with not signing the letter, and it did not matter what mr. clark proposition was, in terms of his own activities, we were not going to sign that letter as long as we were in charge of the justice department. >> thank you for that. mr. donoghue, were you expecting to attend a white house meeting on january 1st? >> no, as the acting ag indicated, that related to preparations for january 6th. i had no expectations of leaving the department, it is a sunday afternoon, i was there in civilian clothes, as we both were. i expected to have that meeting, do some other work, but i had no expectation of going to the white house that day. >> prior to that oval office meeting, did you set up a
donahue and i had with him. again, he raised with both of us, that he wanted us both to sign that letter. >> in that meeting, did mr. clark say that he would turn down the presidents offer if he reversed your position, and signed the letter? >> yes. >> did mr. clark say still refused to sign? >> mr. donoghue and i were both consistent with not signing the letter, and it did not matter what mr. clark proposition was, in terms of his own activities, we were not going to...
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donahue and mr. angle stood firm in the face of herb -- they understood that their austin constitutional oath not to the personal or political interests of the president. the president and his allies became keenly aware with legal president exhausted and boats certified their only hope would be a last ditch scheme for congress certifying the wind, thus creating a chaos within the congress. sowing doubt in the political sea of his or action, to empower his followers and members of congress to take action. if his department could just lend credibility to the conspiracies, people would have the justification they needed to spread the big lie. president trump ultimately wanted the department of justice to say the election was, quote, corrupt and quote, leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. as you will hear today, the department's top leadership refused. not surprisingly president trump did not take no for an answer. he did not accept it from attorney general barr, and he would not accept i
donahue and mr. angle stood firm in the face of herb -- they understood that their austin constitutional oath not to the personal or political interests of the president. the president and his allies became keenly aware with legal president exhausted and boats certified their only hope would be a last ditch scheme for congress certifying the wind, thus creating a chaos within the congress. sowing doubt in the political sea of his or action, to empower his followers and members of congress to...
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donahue and i had with him. again, he raised with both of us, that he wanted us both to sign that letter. >> in that meeting, did mr. clark say that he would turn down the presidents offer if he reversed your position, and signed the letter? >> yes. >> did mr. clark say still refused to sign? >> mr. donoghue and i were both consistent with not signing the letter, and it did not matter what mr. clark proposition was, in terms of his own activities, we were not going to sign that letter as long as we were in charge of the justice department. >> thank you for that. mr. donoghue, were you expecting to attend a white house meeting on january 1st? >> no, as the acting ag indicated, that related to preparations for january 6th. i had no expectations of leaving the department, it is a sunday afternoon, i was there in civilian clothes, as we both were. i expected to have that meeting, do some other work, but i had no expectation of going to the white house that day. >> prior to that oval office meeting, did you set up a
donahue and i had with him. again, he raised with both of us, that he wanted us both to sign that letter. >> in that meeting, did mr. clark say that he would turn down the presidents offer if he reversed your position, and signed the letter? >> yes. >> did mr. clark say still refused to sign? >> mr. donoghue and i were both consistent with not signing the letter, and it did not matter what mr. clark proposition was, in terms of his own activities, we were not going to...
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donahue. did you watch this video? >> i did >> how long is the video? >> 20 minutes. >> let's take a look at an expert excerpt of that video if we may. video if we may. >> what has been said is that this was done in the u.s. embassy. there was a certain state department guy who, whose name i don't know, yet. this is probably going to come out in italy at some point. and he was the mastermind, not the mastermind, but the, any rate, the guy running the operation. he was doing this in conjunction with some support from my sick. the cia. and this leonardo group. >> mr. donahue, what was your reaction when you want that entire 20 minute video? >> i emailed the acting attorney general and i said. and stanley. my impression of the video which was patently absurd absurd. >> you were asked by mr. meadows to meet with mr. johnson who is the person in that video. what was your reaction to that request? >> so, ordinarily, i get an email like this and there was no phone call. i just come over to trance the
donahue. did you watch this video? >> i did >> how long is the video? >> 20 minutes. >> let's take a look at an expert excerpt of that video if we may. video if we may. >> what has been said is that this was done in the u.s. embassy. there was a certain state department guy who, whose name i don't know, yet. this is probably going to come out in italy at some point. and he was the mastermind, not the mastermind, but the, any rate, the guy running the operation. he...
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richard donahue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self incrimination and refuse to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general has refused to testify. here. as you will see, representative parry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon multiple other republican congressman also sought presidential pardons for their roles and attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in our 4th hearing, we will focus on president trump's efforts to pressure vice president my pants to refuse to count electoral votes. on january 6th, vice president pans has spoken publicly about this. president trump was wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. and frankly, there is no idea more on ameri
richard donahue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self incrimination and refuse to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general has refused to testify. here. as you will see, representative parry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to...
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donahue and mr. angle stood firm in the face of overbearing political pressure because they understood that their oath was to the constitution and not to the personal or political interests of the president. the president and his allies became keenly aware that with legal challenges exhausted and electoral votes certified, they only hope is a last ditch effort scheme to prevent congress from certifying the win, thus throwing the system to constitutional chaos. the president wanted the department to sow doubt in the election, to make his memberstation action. if the department could just lend its credibility to the conspiracisies, people would have the justification they needed to spread the big lie. president trump wanted the department of justice to say the election was "corrupt" and "leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen." as you will hear today, the department's top leadership refused. not surprisingly, president trump didn't take no for an answer. he didn't accept it from attorney g
donahue and mr. angle stood firm in the face of overbearing political pressure because they understood that their oath was to the constitution and not to the personal or political interests of the president. the president and his allies became keenly aware that with legal challenges exhausted and electoral votes certified, they only hope is a last ditch effort scheme to prevent congress from certifying the win, thus throwing the system to constitutional chaos. the president wanted the...
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i think donahue said, i'm sure he's exasperated at the president's schemes. you should call dhs. >> it's not my problem. >> exactly. it's somebody else's problem. so, he is still spinning and in this kind of manic race to find this evidence for this crazy theory he has. and this, of course, leads up to january 6. >> so, can we talk for a second. you said he's so obsessed with how things look. to go back to our documentary filmmaker who don just talked to -- i don't know if you saw the clip he put out where he said the trumps did not have editorial control. but it was a clip of donald trump arranging the way that the interview looked. and i think any of us -- anyone who's interviewed donald trump has seen this. he produces his own television shots to the point where he's making decisions about, is this -- is the table next to me, does it look right? should the water glass have a paper cap on it or not? and i think that goes to show you that throughout all of this, he is producing a show that is designed to convince enough americans to do ultimately what happen
i think donahue said, i'm sure he's exasperated at the president's schemes. you should call dhs. >> it's not my problem. >> exactly. it's somebody else's problem. so, he is still spinning and in this kind of manic race to find this evidence for this crazy theory he has. and this, of course, leads up to january 6. >> so, can we talk for a second. you said he's so obsessed with how things look. to go back to our documentary filmmaker who don just talked to -- i don't know if you...
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it really was like the apprentice and he said there was one point donahue says him if you think this guy marching down to chris ray's office at the fbi, that anyone at the fbi will take him seriously, when he is going to take command of 150,000 staff, and suddenly direct the whole ship of state to investigate this bs? after a while trump was like you know what, no. >> on that point, beginning with, does he know how to find it. >> right. does he know how to find the office? >> it was all this very personally insulting thing. in other words, the kind of stuff that trump understands. trump understands the kid in the classroom he was just being dumped on by everyone else. he doesn't want to be around them. >> let me play a clip, visit jeffrey rosen describing, he start by saying, i would not mind being replaced by the guys on my letter my right, not this guy. there is a clip describing how he is asked to stay on as this inadequate man takes his seat. >> because he thought it would be appropriate, in light of what would happen in, to at least offer me that i could stay on as his deputy. i
it really was like the apprentice and he said there was one point donahue says him if you think this guy marching down to chris ray's office at the fbi, that anyone at the fbi will take him seriously, when he is going to take command of 150,000 staff, and suddenly direct the whole ship of state to investigate this bs? after a while trump was like you know what, no. >> on that point, beginning with, does he know how to find it. >> right. does he know how to find the office? >>...
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donahue, representative perry called you on december 27. who told you to call him? >> my understanding is the president. reporter: that is the idea that a member of congress was getting involved in what this committee sees as plots. we are waiting to hear from these members of congress. one other thing we heard that was notable. the committee raised testimony fr those in the white house saying six members of congress had asked for pardons specifically forhemselves and in another representative jordan had asked about whether pardons would be issued. representative jordan has issued a statement tonight saying that is 100% fake news. we asked scott perry, matt gaetz, archery terror alert green -- marjorie tara green that the committee said has asked -- have asked forardons for themselves. very serious accusations especially from members of congress against another so we are waiting to hear a response. judy: we heard former white house aides and advisers making some of those statements. finally, this was the last hearing we know has been scheduled but we are told there
donahue, representative perry called you on december 27. who told you to call him? >> my understanding is the president. reporter: that is the idea that a member of congress was getting involved in what this committee sees as plots. we are waiting to hear from these members of congress. one other thing we heard that was notable. the committee raised testimony fr those in the white house saying six members of congress had asked for pardons specifically forhemselves and in another...
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donahue and mr. angle stood firm in the face of herb -- they understood that their austin constitutional oath not to the personal or political interests of the president. the president and his allies became keenly aware with legal president exhausted and boats certified their only hope would be a last ditch scheme for congress certifying the wind, thus creating a chaos within the congress. sowing doubt in the political sea of his or action, to empower his followers and members of congress to take action. if his department could just lend credibility to the conspiracies, people would have the justification they needed to spread the big lie. president trump ultimately wanted the department of justice to say the election was, quote, corrupt and quote, leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. as you will hear today, the department's top leadership refused. not surprisingly president trump did not take no for an answer. he did not accept it from attorney general barr, and he would not accept i
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the committee agrees with mr. donahue, as assessment, had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr donahue also said this about clark's plan and i recall toward the end saying what your proposal is nothing left in the united states just as important meddling the outcome of a presidential election.
the committee agrees with mr. donahue, as assessment, had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters the ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr donahue also said this about clark's plan and i recall toward the end saying what your proposal is nothing left in the united states just as important meddling the outcome of a presidential election.
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i mean, donahue called it insanity. it is grim, the idea that the last days of the administration were fueled by these crazy internet theories, conspiracy theories there is no defense to it. it is damming. what strikes me as, every day we see this evidence coming out and you see just how disposable they thought other human beings were. rudy giuliani saying we need to find someone who does not care about their reputation. your reputation is damaged if you are going to commit crimes. that would be. they did not care about the two election volunteers in georgia. they did not care. all along they don't care about, they did not care about mike pence. starting with the vice president all of the way down to election workers. it is grim, it is indefensible. no defense of it. i don't know how it is all going to turn out but every day it has been a kas indicating river of something worse than before cascading river of something worse than before. >> did you agree what ron said was most since dean? >> well, it is the most dramatic
i mean, donahue called it insanity. it is grim, the idea that the last days of the administration were fueled by these crazy internet theories, conspiracy theories there is no defense to it. it is damming. what strikes me as, every day we see this evidence coming out and you see just how disposable they thought other human beings were. rudy giuliani saying we need to find someone who does not care about their reputation. your reputation is damaged if you are going to commit crimes. that would...
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donahue said donahue urged him and another top justice department official to just declare, that the clancy 2020 election was corrupt and leave the rest to him. someone who knows firsthand, former legal counsel to democrats during trump's first impeachment, herman isan. what does that say to you, do you think about the former president intends. >> it shows a disregard for the truth, jake. when you say, just declare it is corrupt, and leave it to me in the republican congressman. we learned that the republican congressmen were so concerned about that, that they sought pardons. to me, jake, it fits into the criminal conspiracy, that a federal judge was already found is likely to conspire to defraud the united states by essentially stealing an election which does not belong to you. he was asking doj to help him do that. >> how does that play into the idea that this was a full-blown conspiracy? >> what we have seen over the course of these hearings, is that trump was methodically proceeding, step-by-step, with the help of lawyers, to engage in what the committee has described as an attem
donahue said donahue urged him and another top justice department official to just declare, that the clancy 2020 election was corrupt and leave the rest to him. someone who knows firsthand, former legal counsel to democrats during trump's first impeachment, herman isan. what does that say to you, do you think about the former president intends. >> it shows a disregard for the truth, jake. when you say, just declare it is corrupt, and leave it to me in the republican congressman. we...
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donahue's assessment. had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters, the ram by occasions could -- ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr. donahue also said in the about clark's plan:? >> and i recall toward the end saying what you're proposing is nothing less than the united states justice department meddling in the outcome of a presidential election. >> in our hearings you will hear firsthand how the senior leadership at the department of justice threatened to the resign, how the white house counsel threatened to resign, how they confronted donald trump and jeff clark the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general jeff rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty, and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff charkh has invoked his -- clark has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-i
donahue's assessment. had clark assumed the role of attorney general in the days before january 6th and issued these letters, the ram by occasions could -- ramifications could indeed have been grave. mr. donahue also said in the about clark's plan:? >> and i recall toward the end saying what you're proposing is nothing less than the united states justice department meddling in the outcome of a presidential election. >> in our hearings you will hear firsthand how the senior...
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on january 4th from the national security division of the department of justice, mr. donahue testified in our hearings last week. e mail identifies apparent planning by those coming to washington on january 6th to quote occupied federal buildings and discussions of quote, invading the capital building. here's what mr. donahue said to us, and we knew that if you had tens of thousands of very upset, upset people showing up in washington dc that there was potential for you. a secret service was looking at similar information and watching the planned demonstrations . in fact, their intelligence division sent several emails to white house personnel like deputy chief of staff, tony or nato, and the head of the president's protective detail. robert angle, including certain materials, listing events like those on the screen. the white house continued to receive updates about plan demonstrations, including information regarding the proud boys organizing and planning to attend events on january 6th. although miss hutchinson has no detailed knowledge of any planning involving the proud boys for j
on january 4th from the national security division of the department of justice, mr. donahue testified in our hearings last week. e mail identifies apparent planning by those coming to washington on january 6th to quote occupied federal buildings and discussions of quote, invading the capital building. here's what mr. donahue said to us, and we knew that if you had tens of thousands of very upset, upset people showing up in washington dc that there was potential for you. a secret service was...
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and, again, richard donahue, he's an army veteran. he's a former u.s. attorney. he's also a trumpster. donald trump -- >> they're all trumpsters. >> yaeeah, trumpsters. >> this is the phone call on december 27, and trump, again, as part of this drama, is becoming more and more agitated is another word they use, in addition to adamant, about these various theories. and so he's presenting them on the phone to donahue, and he's saying, well, what about antrim county and what about this and what about that? he keeps saying, no, no, there's no merit, we've investigated it, mr. president. and he said in his testimony today, i was trying to cut through the noise because i knew he was getting all this information -- or all these allegations -- about these various places and these various supposed frauds, and i was trying to say, no, we've looked into it. it's not true. and it was at that point at the end of this that trump made the famous statement, you know, i'm not asking you to do that. just say that the election was corrupt and leave it to me and the republicans. i m
and, again, richard donahue, he's an army veteran. he's a former u.s. attorney. he's also a trumpster. donald trump -- >> they're all trumpsters. >> yaeeah, trumpsters. >> this is the phone call on december 27, and trump, again, as part of this drama, is becoming more and more agitated is another word they use, in addition to adamant, about these various theories. and so he's presenting them on the phone to donahue, and he's saying, well, what about antrim county and what...
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acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputy richard donahue raced to the oval office when they learned clark was going to meet with trump. >> by the way, love the detail in the "post" story, donahue was walking on the mall, he had muddy jeans, an army t-shirt and got the call from rosen who said you don't have time to change, get to the white house now. >> he runs into the oval office looking like that. donahue urged trump not to put clark in charge calling him not competent and warning of mass resignations by justice department officials if he became the nation's top law enforcement official if according to donahue's account. clark and his lawyer declined to comment. >> one of the moments where, again, somebody loyal to donald trump is more loyal, though, to the constitution of the united states. >> we should make a list. pence republicans and trump republicans and the people who do it right, the people who say here is what i believe and i'm going to stand for it, and it also shows that i'm kind of worried that we haven't done something with the electoral count act, which was
acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputy richard donahue raced to the oval office when they learned clark was going to meet with trump. >> by the way, love the detail in the "post" story, donahue was walking on the mall, he had muddy jeans, an army t-shirt and got the call from rosen who said you don't have time to change, get to the white house now. >> he runs into the oval office looking like that. donahue urged trump not to put clark in charge calling him...
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., as well as his deputy at that time, richard donahue, and assistant a. g. to the office of legal counsel steve engel. the three witnesses were all part of an extraordinary oval office meeting held three days before the capitol attack in which they all told the president they would resign if he replaced rosen with clark. it was only then that trump abandoned his plan. here's a clip from donahue's deposition with the january 6th committee. >> the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace jeff rossen with clark, and sir, i would resign immediately, no way i would serve one minute under this guy. >> at "washington post" reported at one point during the meeting when clark an environmental lawyer by trade tried to tout his qualifications to the attorney general, donahue shot back this way. how about you go back to your office and we'll call you when there is an oil spill. as we mentioned, that would be the last hearing this month. two more were scheduled after today. but today, chairman bennie thompson says they're being postponed until july. due to th
., as well as his deputy at that time, richard donahue, and assistant a. g. to the office of legal counsel steve engel. the three witnesses were all part of an extraordinary oval office meeting held three days before the capitol attack in which they all told the president they would resign if he replaced rosen with clark. it was only then that trump abandoned his plan. here's a clip from donahue's deposition with the january 6th committee. >> the president said, suppose i do this, suppose...
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when rosen and donahue resisted his attempts to commit election fraud, donald trump somehow found a man named jeffrey clark working in the civil division of the justice department, on environmental issues. he decided to try and install him as acting attorney general on january 3rd, 2021. before being tucked out of that, in an oval office meeting. >> all anybody is going to think about when they see this, nobody is going to read this letter. all anyone's going to think is that you went through to attorney generals in two weeks, until you found the environmental guy to sign the thing. the story is not going to be that the department of justice has found massive corruption that would've changed results of the election, it's going to be the disaster of jeff clark, and i think at that point, pat cipollone said this is a murder suicide pact. >> jeffrey clark's testimony to the january 6th committee, he took the fifth amendment over 100 times. >> did you discuss this draft letter with the president of the united states? >> fifth, and executive privilege. again, restated for the abundance of ca
when rosen and donahue resisted his attempts to commit election fraud, donald trump somehow found a man named jeffrey clark working in the civil division of the justice department, on environmental issues. he decided to try and install him as acting attorney general on january 3rd, 2021. before being tucked out of that, in an oval office meeting. >> all anybody is going to think about when they see this, nobody is going to read this letter. all anyone's going to think is that you went...
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so donahue, engle, multiple officials. it was going to be a sunday night massacre at the justice department because everybody was going to quit if rosen had been replaced with clark. >> it's fascinating to explain the day before the hearings on this very subject, you do get the sense that this is a very dynamic process. these are not just static hearings. that there are undercurrents of investigations that are still ongoing. >> absolutely. i mean, it's not as if -- there has been some controversy about cooperation between the committee and the justice department. but this makes it clear that the justice department is committed to investigating this at its own pace. you know, they've been prosecuting 800 people who were rioting at the capitol. and you can tell that they're now looking into fake electors, and here you are with jeffrey clark. i mean, this moment in the oval office that we're going to hear about today with jeffrey clark and rosen and donahue and the president and the white house counsel is one of the most rema
so donahue, engle, multiple officials. it was going to be a sunday night massacre at the justice department because everybody was going to quit if rosen had been replaced with clark. >> it's fascinating to explain the day before the hearings on this very subject, you do get the sense that this is a very dynamic process. these are not just static hearings. that there are undercurrents of investigations that are still ongoing. >> absolutely. i mean, it's not as if -- there has been...
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well, suppose i do this, trump went on to say to donahue. what would you do? sir, i would resign immediately, donoghue said he responded. there's no way i'm serving under this guy. trump also asked another official in the room, man named steve engel this, steve, you wouldn't resign, would you, trump asked? absolutely, i would, mr. president. you would leave me no choice. that was the response. and one point during this conversation, donoghue asked the president what happens if in 48 hours we have hundreds of resignations from your justice department, what does that say about your leadership? trump then turned to clark, thanked him for his willingness and told him that he would keep the current leadership structure in place. joining us now, congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, jackie, an msnbc contributor, we're really glad she's here. jackie, terrific -- really good reporting there and, if i do say so myself, pretty good dramatic reading. seems trump didn't dismiss rosen only because he was afraid that multiple people, maybe half depa
well, suppose i do this, trump went on to say to donahue. what would you do? sir, i would resign immediately, donoghue said he responded. there's no way i'm serving under this guy. trump also asked another official in the room, man named steve engel this, steve, you wouldn't resign, would you, trump asked? absolutely, i would, mr. president. you would leave me no choice. that was the response. and one point during this conversation, donoghue asked the president what happens if in 48 hours we...
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we heard from donahue at yesterday's hearing. in a taped deposition, he told the story of a january 6th 2021 oval office meeting, where -- january 3rd, excuse me, oval office meeting, where he threatened to resign if trump made jeffrey clark attorney general. >> the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him with jeff rosen, with jeff clark, what do you do? i said sir, i would resign immediately. there is no way i am serving one minute under this guy. jeff clark. >> donahue also told the committee the doj never found any credible evidence of fraud that could change the outcome of the election. we have also learned the panelists postponing hearings that were originally planned for next week into later july. >> we've taken in some additional information. that information is going to require additional review by staff and the committee that we did not have when we had initial planning for the committee. >> that new evidence includes never before seen footage from a documentary by british filmmaker, alex holder. he is e
we heard from donahue at yesterday's hearing. in a taped deposition, he told the story of a january 6th 2021 oval office meeting, where -- january 3rd, excuse me, oval office meeting, where he threatened to resign if trump made jeffrey clark attorney general. >> the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him with jeff rosen, with jeff clark, what do you do? i said sir, i would resign immediately. there is no way i am serving one minute under this guy. jeff clark. >>...
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according to donahue's deposition. that's right, donahue said. you are an environmental lawyer. how about you go back to your office and we will call you when there's an oil spill. as other segments of the deposition from donahue to the committee also says that rosen and donahue explained to the president that there would be a mass resignation, not just of the top washington justice department officials but throughout the justice department, there would be a mass resignation if they tried to put jeffrey clark in over jeffrey rosen. at that point, the president backed down. >> yeah, that's right. this is tremendous storytelling by my colleague who used these court records and other pieces of information that he obtained through his reporting and that's been in the public domain to piece to the a narrative of what was going on behind the scenes in the oval office in those days leading up to january 6 where trump was very seriously considering wanting to have this leadership change at the justice department, which would have been a perilous moment for so many in the justice departm
according to donahue's deposition. that's right, donahue said. you are an environmental lawyer. how about you go back to your office and we will call you when there's an oil spill. as other segments of the deposition from donahue to the committee also says that rosen and donahue explained to the president that there would be a mass resignation, not just of the top washington justice department officials but throughout the justice department, there would be a mass resignation if they tried to...
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donahue, that's a direct quote from president trump, correct? >> that's an exact quote from the president, yes. >> there are so many things. if you're thinking as a prosecutor and trying to prove intent, you have to present to the jury a number of acts that reflect intent, and what we heard today were a number of those. there were things we heard today that only the president could do. only the president could put acting attorney general clark -- instruct that to in the call log. before the meeting where they all told him, if he did it there would be mass resignations. the other thing is parachuting -- into the justice department a month before in december. they parachute one of eastman's legal buddies to go to work for jeff clark. only the president can make that happen. through his chief of staff, i'm sure there's a meeting with eastman, and they had an idea, let's put him over there. he can start running the traps, write the letters to georgia to get it out there the justice department thinks there's fraud. these are specific acts that trump
donahue, that's a direct quote from president trump, correct? >> that's an exact quote from the president, yes. >> there are so many things. if you're thinking as a prosecutor and trying to prove intent, you have to present to the jury a number of acts that reflect intent, and what we heard today were a number of those. there were things we heard today that only the president could do. only the president could put acting attorney general clark -- instruct that to in the call log....
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and again, richard donahue is an army veteran, former u.s. attorney, he is also a trump supporter. donald trump, they all are. well, no, this is the phone call, on december 27th, and, trump, again, as part of this drama, has been becoming more and more agitated in a word, about these various theories, so he is presenting them on the phone, to donahue, he's saying look, what about an home county, and what about this and what about that? and, he keeps saying no. no. there is no merit. we have investigated it, mr. president. and, he said, in his testimony, today, i was trying to cut through the noise, because i knew that he was getting all this information, all these allegations about these various places, and, these various suppose it frauds, and, i was trying to say that we have looked into it, it is not true. and, it was at that point, at the end of this, that trump made the famous statement, you know, i'm not asking you to do that, just say the election was corrupt, and leave it to me and the republicans. i mean, this was donahue doing his best to try to get the president to face
and again, richard donahue is an army veteran, former u.s. attorney, he is also a trump supporter. donald trump, they all are. well, no, this is the phone call, on december 27th, and, trump, again, as part of this drama, has been becoming more and more agitated in a word, about these various theories, so he is presenting them on the phone, to donahue, he's saying look, what about an home county, and what about this and what about that? and, he keeps saying no. no. there is no merit. we have...
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>> donahue and former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen told the former president they couldn't change the election results. how did the president respond to that, sir? >> he responded very quickly and said essentially that's not what i'm asking. you do when i'm just asking you do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me in the republican congressman. >> both top officials said the president wanted someone in charge at the doj who would do what he wanted. but neither donahue or rosen would go along with his wishes. >> united states justice department functions on facts, evidence and law and those are not going to change. so you can have whatever leadership you want, but the department's position is not going change. evidence also shows there was an effort by pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry to get a new attorney general in position before january 6 to january. 6th hearings will resume after summer recess. >> reporting in washington. >> reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. it's beautiful out here. it sure is. and i earn 5% cash back on travel purchased thr
>> donahue and former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen told the former president they couldn't change the election results. how did the president respond to that, sir? >> he responded very quickly and said essentially that's not what i'm asking. you do when i'm just asking you do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me in the republican congressman. >> both top officials said the president wanted someone in charge at the doj who would do what he wanted. but...
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donahue. mr. donahue, did you watch this video? >> i did, congressman. >> how long was the video? >> approximately 20 minutes. >> let's look at an excerpt of that video, if we may. >> what's being said out of room, out of italy, is that this is being done in the u.s. embassy. there is a certain state department guy, whose name i don't know, i guess this will come out in italy at some point. he was the mastermind, not the mastermind, but the guy running the operation of changing the votes, and he was doing this in conjunction with some support from mi6, the cia, and this leonardo group. >> mr. donahue, what was your reaction when you watched that entire 20 minute video? >> i emailed the acting attorney general, and i said pure insanity, which was my impression of the video, which was patently absurd. >> patently absurd video about vote switching satellites and the leonardo's, made its way from republican congressman scott perry to white house chief of staff mark meadows then to the highest levels of the u.s. justice department, we learned today that the white house chief of staff d
donahue. mr. donahue, did you watch this video? >> i did, congressman. >> how long was the video? >> approximately 20 minutes. >> let's look at an excerpt of that video, if we may. >> what's being said out of room, out of italy, is that this is being done in the u.s. embassy. there is a certain state department guy, whose name i don't know, i guess this will come out in italy at some point. he was the mastermind, not the mastermind, but the guy running the...
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donahue in person on thursday as my colleague, mr. kinzinger, presents details about this plan. the chair requests those in the hearing room remain seated until the capitol police have excluded members from the rum. without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]
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just money from acting attorney general, jeffrey frozen former acting deputy attorney general richard donahue, and former assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel, stephen engel and republican representative adam - is expected to lead most of the question you live coverage because that 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three and it can the free c-span now video out or online at cspan.org. >> next with us is eric - the vice president and senior counsel with the fund for religious liberty here with us to talk about yesterday supreme court ruling on the case in maine and 82 religious schools and welcome to washington journal. >> it thank you for having me. >> tell us about the beckett funded what is his mission and how are you funded. >> we are nonprofit law firm, five o one c three, and we are sitting people of all different traditions, and we representative - christians and muslims, jews, and more that in terms of funding, we take donations from whomever and it's tax-deductible. >> have you represented clients cases before federal courts including supreme court on the issue of reli
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but neither donahue or rosen would go along with his wishes. united states justice department functions on facts, evidence and law and those are not going to change. so you can have whatever leadership you want, but the department's position is not going change. evidence also shows there was an effort by pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry to get a new attorney general in position before january 6 to january. 6th hearings will resume after summer recess. >> reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> for your health, the food and drug administration is ordering jewel to pull its e-cigarettes from the u.s. market. the company's widely blamed for sparking a surge in teen vaping. the fda says juul must stop selling its vaping devices as well as its tobacco and menthol flavors cartridges that consumers are not restricted from having or using juul products. the agency says jules research included, insufficient and conflicting data about potentially harmful chemicals leaching from the cartridges? well, we talked to a smoke shop owner and
but neither donahue or rosen would go along with his wishes. united states justice department functions on facts, evidence and law and those are not going to change. so you can have whatever leadership you want, but the department's position is not going change. evidence also shows there was an effort by pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry to get a new attorney general in position before january 6 to january. 6th hearings will resume after summer recess. >> reporting in...
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but neither donahue or rosen would go along with his wishes. united states justice department functions on facts, evidence and law and those are not going to change. so you cpn have whatever leadership you want, but the department's position is not going change. evidence also shows there was an effort by pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry to get a new attorney general in position before january 6 to january. 6th hearings will resume after summer recess. >> reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> and there is more breaking news coming out of the east bay. fire crews are now dealing with another fire. this one called the tesla fire and it has burned 100 acres in unincorporated alameda county. it's burning in the area of tesla road and carl hollow. no word on any injuries nor whether any structures are threatened. at this point. we will continue to follow this breaking news as well as the other fires burning around the bay area this evening. we'll have updates for you throughout the a recent we have a 3, at least 3 brush fires bu
but neither donahue or rosen would go along with his wishes. united states justice department functions on facts, evidence and law and those are not going to change. so you cpn have whatever leadership you want, but the department's position is not going change. evidence also shows there was an effort by pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry to get a new attorney general in position before january 6 to january. 6th hearings will resume after summer recess. >> reporting in...
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"the donahue show" rearranged the furniture, but oprah remodeled the whole house. >> there are a lot of other people out there watching who really don't understand what you mean when you say, we're in love. because i remember questioning my gay friends, you mean you feel about him the way i feel about -- it's kind of a strange concept, you know, for a lot of people to accept. >> oprah was connecting with people in a way that no one had on tv before. and it was really special to see. >> well, did you know that for the longest time i wanted to be a fourth grade teacher because of you? >> my, i was not aware of inspiring anyone. >> i think you did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning. it's the reason i have a talk show today. >> oprah winfrey now dominates the talk show circuit, both in the ratings and popularity. >> i want to use my life as a source of lifting people up. that's what i want to do. that's what i do every day on my show. you know, we get accused of being tabloid television and sensational and so forth. but what i really think we do mo
"the donahue show" rearranged the furniture, but oprah remodeled the whole house. >> there are a lot of other people out there watching who really don't understand what you mean when you say, we're in love. because i remember questioning my gay friends, you mean you feel about him the way i feel about -- it's kind of a strange concept, you know, for a lot of people to accept. >> oprah was connecting with people in a way that no one had on tv before. and it was really...
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. >> the american people in our hearings have heard from bill barr, jeff rosen, richard do donahue and many others who stood up and did what was right. they'll hear more of that testimony soon. but the american people have not yet heard from mr. trump's former white house counsel, pat cipollone. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. indeed, our evidence shows that mr. cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. they tried to stop a number of president trump's plans for january 6. >> what's the status of the committee vis-a-vis cipollone? have you extended a formal invitation to pat cipollone to testify? has he officially rejected that information? has he given any response? >> i'm not going to talk about the specifics of a witness we could hear from, but there are a thousand interviews we've conducted as part of the process. we're piecing this together. we look forward to sharing the information we can with the american public, but i think it's fair to say that we've talked to dozens of individuals in and around the white house
. >> the american people in our hearings have heard from bill barr, jeff rosen, richard do donahue and many others who stood up and did what was right. they'll hear more of that testimony soon. but the american people have not yet heard from mr. trump's former white house counsel, pat cipollone. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. indeed, our evidence shows that mr. cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. they tried to stop...
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clark's efforts were ultimately turned back by jeffrey rosen and richard donahue, the acting attorney general and his deputy. we do know, anderson, that donald trump wanted to make jeffrey clark the attorney general so he could enforce that effort that trump was looking into. but as both rosen and clark -- rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of lawyers had trump attended to install him as attorney general. >> we're reporting about eastman today because we just learn bt ait because of the court filing. there are new details the january 6 committee added for tomorrow. they weren't expected to do anything this week at least. do we know why or who they're talking to? >> this is a huge surprise, anderson, because the committee had made such a big deal of the fact they were going to take a break. they had brought in a lot of new information as a result of their hearings and were going to try to process that information and then not come back with another round of hearings until the middle of july. they're required by congressional rules
clark's efforts were ultimately turned back by jeffrey rosen and richard donahue, the acting attorney general and his deputy. we do know, anderson, that donald trump wanted to make jeffrey clark the attorney general so he could enforce that effort that trump was looking into. but as both rosen and clark -- rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of lawyers had trump attended to install him as attorney general. >> we're reporting about...
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, he took handwritten notes of a phone call doj had with donald trump on january 6th, and donahue wrote that donald trump said this to doj, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me, and the r. meaning republican congressmen, and that is an incredible piece of evidence, he took notes as he went, i think it's going to make it quite compelling. >> look forward to it. elie, thank you very much. >>> now to house chamber, he was there when trump ryeiot ters, congressman jason crow comforting fellow representative susan wild, congressman crow of colorado joins me now. former army ranger, served as impeachment manager for donald trump's first impeachment trial. thank you for being with me. let's start here with this apparent disagreement between the chair and vice chair on if there will be criminal referrals at the end of this investigation. i want you to listen to what the vice chair, republican liz cheney told cnn just a couple of months ago. >> i think that it is absolutely the case, it's absolutely clear that what president trump was doing, what a number of people aro
, he took handwritten notes of a phone call doj had with donald trump on january 6th, and donahue wrote that donald trump said this to doj, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me, and the r. meaning republican congressmen, and that is an incredible piece of evidence, he took notes as he went, i think it's going to make it quite compelling. >> look forward to it. elie, thank you very much. >>> now to house chamber, he was there when trump ryeiot ters,...
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exceptions, like christmas day. >> reporter: trump relentlessly pushed rosen and his deputy richard donahue. >> the president ebecame more urgent. we need to step up and do our job. and he had this arsenal of allegations that he wanted to rely on. i went piece by piece to say, no, that's false. that is not true. >> reporter: rosen at one point told president trump doj can't and won't snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. >> how did the president respond to that, sir? >> he responded very quickly and said, essentially, that's not what i'm asking you to do. i'm just asking you to say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican con congressmen. >> reporter: one of them, scott perry of pennsylvania, pointed trump to an obscure official in the justice department, jeffrey clark, who ran the department's environmental decision. clark drafted a letter for the justice department to send to the state of georgia. >> this letter claims that the u.s. department of justice's investigations have, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of
exceptions, like christmas day. >> reporter: trump relentlessly pushed rosen and his deputy richard donahue. >> the president ebecame more urgent. we need to step up and do our job. and he had this arsenal of allegations that he wanted to rely on. i went piece by piece to say, no, that's false. that is not true. >> reporter: rosen at one point told president trump doj can't and won't snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. >> how did the president...
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richard donahue helping very much in that regard -- but in the end, nevertheless, bailing out when he was asked to do too much. and now richard donahue, as well, will be testifying under oath that everything trump was pushing was a lie and he knew it was a lie. lawyers like eric herschmann, the impeach obama trump white house lawyer to the end, he's now bailing out in testifying under oath that everything trump was pushing to the public was a lie. and he knew it was a lie. we are going to keep getting this. from more and more in them, on every aspect of the scene. and every because it's the way that trump likes his lawyers, we are going to get it all with extra hot sauce. and extra bluster and extra swear words. and apparently, with referrals for federal criminal prosecution, live and out loud in realtime, as they roll out the evidence. and yes, it is getting through. again, i am allergic to media criticism, go up to the upper left corner of the country -- here's the anchorage daily news today, front page. trump's inner circle warned him election fraud claims were false. go to the upp
richard donahue helping very much in that regard -- but in the end, nevertheless, bailing out when he was asked to do too much. and now richard donahue, as well, will be testifying under oath that everything trump was pushing was a lie and he knew it was a lie. lawyers like eric herschmann, the impeach obama trump white house lawyer to the end, he's now bailing out in testifying under oath that everything trump was pushing to the public was a lie. and he knew it was a lie. we are going to keep...
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but as both rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of department of justice lawyers had trump attempted to install clark as the attorney general. >> right, this about the department of justice independent of what the january six committee is doing. we are reporting about eastman today because we just learned about as you said because of that court filing. there also new details about this last-minute hearing that the january six committee had it for tomorrow. they were not expected to do anything this week at least. do we know why or who they are talking to? >> yes, this is a huge surprise anderson. because the committee had made such a big deal of the fact that they were going to take a break. that they had brought in a lot of new information as a result of their hearings and they were going to try to process that information and then not come back with another round of hearings until the middle of july. they are also somewhat required by congressional rules to advise when they're holding a hearing a week ahead of time. there are onl
but as both rosen and donahue testified in the hearing last week, there would have been a mass exodus of department of justice lawyers had trump attempted to install clark as the attorney general. >> right, this about the department of justice independent of what the january six committee is doing. we are reporting about eastman today because we just learned about as you said because of that court filing. there also new details about this last-minute hearing that the january six committee...