rejected it. >> i recall towards the end saying, what you are proposing is nothing less than the united states justice department meddling in the outcome of the presidential election. more importantly, this was not based on fact. this was actually contrary to the facts as developed by the department of investigations over the last several weeks and months. our response to that, and for the department to insert itself into the political process this way, i think, would have had grave consequences for the country. it may very well have spiraled us into a constitutional crisis. >> we know from our investigation that president trump offered jeff clark the position of acting attorney general. and that jeff clark had decided to accept it. the only reason this ultimately did not happen is that the white house counsel, and a number of justice department officials, confronted the president in the oval office and threatened mass resignation. >> and then can i say something