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Had refused to legitimize trump's election fraud and big lie. during this week's election hearing, doj officials described internet detail detail that's a real meeting in the white house three days before january six, where they told trump that if he installed his loyalist jeffrey clark as acting ag, they would all resigned in mass. >> i said mister president, we will resign immediately. i'm not working one minute for this guy. who i had just declared was completely incompetent. and so, the president immediately turned to mr. angles and he said, steve young wouldn't resign would you? and he sa...

Arguable, though, that will be remembered most here from today's hearing was the dramatic, almost cinematic testimony about how the top officials at the justice department tried to stop all of that from happening, down to the very last second. >> there was a bit of a scramble that afternoon to prepare for the oval office meeting. we had discussed on several occasions -- the attorney general and i -- whether we should expand the circle of people who knew what was going on. three of us knew, we also brought heather for canyon in, so that the four of us knew, but none of us aside from jeffrey cla...

Do it. he ordered his deputy attorney to do it. refused to do it. what we did not know is when york did it was the agreement among the three of them, nixon, the attorney general, would both resign and refuse to do it. they made a compliment to the senate that they would only fire cox for gross improprioties. they wanted someone in the department of justice so nixon would not put one of his cronies in. >> donahue noted he was unqualified to lead the doj. on january 3rd there were white house call log that refer to jeffrey clark as the acting ag. did trump just assume he would get his way? >> of...

But at this point, i asked the acting ag, what else can i do to help prepare for this meeting at the oval office? and he said, you and pat should get the ags on the phone and it is time to let them know what is going on. let's find out what they may do if there is a change in leadership, because that will inform the conversation at the oval office. -- subsequently said at that meeting, and we got most, not most but all of the ags on the phone. and very quickly explain to them what the situation was, and i told them, i don't need an answer from you right now, i don't need an answer in his phone...

A close hold because we did not want to create a concern or panic in the justice department leadership. but at this point, i asked the acting ag, what else can i do to help prepare for this meeting at the oval office? and he said, you and pat should get the ags on the phone and it is time to let them know what is going on. let's find out what they may do if there is a change in leadership, because that will inform the conversation at the oval office. heather robinson, subsequently set up a meeting, and we got most or all of the ags on the phone, and very quickly explained to them with the situ...