who said this scenario was a murder/suicide pact and the president should not do it. >> reporter: the most comprehensive account so far of the president's wide-ranging plot. new accounts from inside the office on january 3 when trump blamed b.j.pak for failing to find massive election fraud in georgia and wanted him fired that prompted acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue that night to call pak that night to tell him to preemptively resign, which he did. republicans have already issued a rebut toll the report, dismissing the idea that trump was attempting a coup, noting that ultimately no action was taken by the doj. >> in fact, if he had made another decision, you would have had a problem. >> reporter: but the senate report just adds to the mountain of revelations showcasing how trump and his loyalists tried to keep the former president in power, and the plot didn't just target the doj. this memo obtained by cnn in mid-september shows how conservative lawyer john eastman