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