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selection loss, was a letter. mr. donahue, on december 28th, mr. clark emailed you and mr. rosen a draft letter that he wanted you to sign and send to georgia state officials. you testified that this could have grave constitutional consequences. can you tell us what you meant by that? >> i had to read both emails in the attached letter twice to make sure i really understood what he was proposing. it was so extreme to me, i had a hard time getting my head around it. i read it and i did understand it for what he intended. and i had to sit down and serve , compose what that was an appro...

Statement contrary to what the president is saying i'm going to defend the law and not be swayed by politics. then a meeting and don't talk about it at all. because the president hates confrontation in private. he hates one on one confrontation. loves it on twitter or controlling it on a tv interview, but the two of them have the weirdest relationship. talk to people in the white house, and they just have this -- sort of cold distance, but know they both have to do their job and know that sessions is probably here at least through the election, because it would be really hard for republicans t...

That deal. i think that's going to turn out to be very important when the justice department appeals this case and tries to stop this case again. >> because in these kinds of cases, the justice department functions at the president's lawyer in a lawsuit like this, right? >> correct. they are defending the office. >> they are defending the office, yeah. and, so, one of the normal targets of discovery in this case would be the president's tax returns, including corporate tax returns, to try to find out through those tax returns exactly how much money, how much profits. just the size of the emolu...

Again. >> because in these kinds of cases, the justice department functions at the president's lawyer in a lawsuit like this, right? >> correct. they are defending the office. >> they are defending the office, yeah. and, so, one of the normal targets of discovery in this case would be the president's tax returns, including corporate tax returns, to try to find out through those tax returns exactly how much money, how much profits. just the size of the emoluments. >> correct. they are going to want to look at the books and records behind donald's tax returns. and his filings with the district o...

Message being put out by the attorney general or his friends. >> matt miller, i'm constantly reminded not to overthink trump's strategery, if you will. sessions and the solicitor general have formed sort of a d.o.j. bond. it can't exist in a vakument. if they're bonded together, they're against him. can you speak about the reality of how the justice department functions and how it's supposed to work like that with those men working together and being independent from the white house, particularly one they are investigating? >> it goes back to the point peter raised about the saturday night mas...