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broken the longstanding policy governing communication between the justice department and the white house. white house lawyers pat cipollone and patrick philbin also intervened and warned clark to not communicate with the white house. clark agreed. but just two days later escalated the situation with an email that set off a series of events that would rock the justice department. richard donoghue: we came in on monday, december 28th. hectic day as they all were. and then in the afternoon, we got that email, which i had to sit down and read more than once to make sure i understood what he was proposing. jake tapper: what was he proposing? richard donoghue: he was proposing sending out a letter signed by the three of us-- the acting attorney general, myself, and jeff clark-- to georgia, but also the other states, the other swing states as well, suggesting, essentially, that they set aside the electors assigned to support president-elect biden and hold hearings and basically have

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jake tapper: rosen confronted clark who admitted he had broken the longstanding policy governing communication between the justice department and the white house. white house lawyers pat cipollone and patrick philbin also intervened and warned clark to not communicate with the white house. clark agreed. but just two days later escalated the situation with an email that set off a series of events that would rock the justice department. richard donoghue: we came in on monday, december 28th. hectic day as they all were. and then in the afternoon, we got that email, which i had to sit down and read more than once to make sure i understood what he was proposing. jake tapper: what was he proposing? richard donoghue: he was proposing sending out a letter signed by the three of us-- the acting attorney general, myself, and jeff clark-- to georgia, but also the other states, the other swing states as well, suggesting, essentially, that they set aside the electors assigned to support

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the hospital and on friday when he resumed his full responsibilities. another interesting thing our pentagon team points out it looks like the last time austin spoke to his israeli counterpart was on december 28th. we don't have any indication that kathleen hicks spoke to the israelis during the time that she was given certain operational responsibilities, dana. >> dana: it's an incredible story, jacque. keep some notes for future speeches. thank you. >> bill: pete hegseth "fox & friends" weekend co-host. good morning to you. military man yourself. what do you make of this, if you can make? >> you can't make sense of it. this broke over the weekend on "fox & friends" as we're trying to put this together. at first we thought okay, it must have been an elective surgery gone wrong. they made a snap judgment in the moment to not notify anybody. the new information this morning is significant. an elective surgery on december 22nd. there were nine days of pain and

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i was quizzical as to how does the president even know mr. clark? jake tapper: rosen confronted clark who admitted he had broken the longstanding policy governing communication between the justice department and the white house. white house lawyers pat cipollone and patrick philbin also intervened and warned clark to not communicate with the white house. clark agreed. but just two days later escalated the situation with an email that set off a series of events that would rock the justice department. richard donoghue: we came in on monday, december 28th. hectic day as they all were. and then in the afternoon, we got that email, which i had to sit down and read more than once to make sure i understood what he was proposing. jake tapper: what was he proposing? richard donoghue: he was proposing sending out a letter signed by the three of us-- the acting attorney general, myself, and jeff clark-- to georgia, but also the other states, the other swing states as well, suggesting, essentially,

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is going to be kicked off in some states, but then you have the general election and the secretary of state in -- democracy is at stake. >> the signing by june isn't giving people a whole lot of time. what if by june they were to decide no he could be on the ballot is already been an rnc nomination may very well have secure that by them. look at this timeline, i want you to comment on this, that december 28th when you have the main a.g. reeling trumpison eligible you have january 2nd today trump appeals. the superior court in maine has got to rule by january 17th. then, the main supreme court gets, it then possibly two scotus, then you have the primary on march 5th. this is not a window for a -- >> know it is not. i mean, look at the supreme court could very well decide

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admitted he had broken the long- standing policy governing to be case between the justice department and the white house. white house lawyers pat cipollone and -- also intervened and warned clark not to interview intervene with the white house. clark agreed, but just two days later, as going to the situation with an email that set off a series of events that would rock the justice department. . >> we came in on monday, december 28th. hectic day and they all were. in the afternoon, we got the email, which i had to sit down and read more than once to make sure i understood what he was proposing. >> what was he proposing? >> he was proposing sending out a letter, signed by the three of us, the acting attorney general, myself, and jeff clark, to georgia. but also, the other stored states, the other swing states as well. suggesting essentially that they set aside the electors

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overturning the 2020 election. trump also mentioned jeff clark on a separate call with rosen. >> he made what i regarded as a peculiar reference. i don't remember the fact quote, but it was something about did i know jeff clark or did i know who he was or something like that. i was quizzical as to how does the president even know mr. clark? >> rosen confronted clark who admitted he'd broken the long-standing policy governing communication between the justice department and the white house. white house lawyers pat cipollone and patrick philbin also intervened and warned him not to communicate with the white house. clark agreed, but just two days later escalated the situation with an email that set off a series of events that would rock the justice department. >> we came in on monday, december 28th, a hectic day as they all were, and then in the afternoon we got that e-mail, which i had to sit down and read more than once to make sure i

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january 2021, trump process the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and -- richard donahue on election fraud claims in wisconsin, georgia, and pennsylvania. all of which are debunked. on december 28th, coconspirator full, who appears to be ex doj official jeffrey clark sends a draft literal to rosen and donahue. he pushes them to sign. the letter he wants to send to this if interpreted state contains election lies and claims the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election and multiple states. luckily, donahue rejects that. trump, no. he doesn't give up. he keeps going. on december 31st, trump meets with rosen and donahue and other advisers were he again raises election lies. trump suggests he much ainge doj leadership at this meeting. ungenerous iken, trump makes

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the groundwork for the rally that he will hold on january 6th. during the last few days of december, and into early january 2021, trump presses the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue on election fraud claims in wisconsin, georgia, and pennsylvania. all of which are debunked. on december 28th, coconspirator full, four who appears to be ex doj official jeffrey clark sends a draft literal to rosen and donahue. he pushes them to sign. the letter he wants to send to this if interpreted state contains election lies and claims the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election and multiple states. luckily, donahue rejects that. but trump, no. he doesn't give up. he keeps going. on december 31st, trump meets with rosen and donahue and other advisers were he again raises election lies.

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acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue on election fraud claims in wisconsin, georgia, and pennsylvania. all of which are debunked. all of which are debunked. on december 28th, coconspirator four, who appears to be ex doj official jeffrey clark sends a draft literal to rosen and donahue. he pushes them to sign. the letter he wants to send to those seven targeted states contains election lies and claims the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election and multiple states. luckily, donahue rejects that. trump, no. he doesn't give up. he keeps going. on december 31st, trump meets with rosen and donahue and other advisers where he again raises election lies.

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