>> disturbed by the letter, donoghue aba league responded to trump saying, quote, this would be a great step for the department to take and it would have constitutional, political, and social applications for the country. >> i do make clear to him that there was no world in which i am thoroughly the ag were going to sign a letter like that. >> rosen and donoghue met with clark later that evening. >> i do remember at the very end saying to him, what you're proposing is nothing less than having the united states justice department metal in the outcome of an american presidential election. >> 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 it. >> that led to a series of discussions and meetings that