Chapter 4.5 - Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue Hold the Line (The January 6th Report)
Government Unfiltered
Dan Williams
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🗓️ 21 February 2023
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Summary
Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue provided details to the Select Committee about his first meeting with President Trump on December 15th, the day following Barr's resignation. Donoghue said this meeting was primarily focused on the ASOG report auditing the voting machines in Michigan. Trump was adamant that it proved that the election was defective and the Department should be using that report to tell the American people that the election results were not trustworthy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a reading of the December 22nd, 2022 final report from the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United |
| 0:16.2 | States Capitol. |
| 0:18.4 | Chapter 4 Just Call it Corrupt and leave the rest to me. |
| 0:25.0 | 4.5. |
| 0:27.0 | Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donahue pulled the line. |
| 0:36.5 | Barr felt that he was leaving the department in the hands of two trusted lieutenants, |
| 0:41.6 | but President Trump immediately began to pressure Rosen and Donahue just as he had Barr. |
| 0:47.0 | On December 14, 2020, the day Barr resigned, Molly Michael, special assistant to the president and Oval Office |
| 0:55.2 | coordinator, sent an email to acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen. The email had two documents |
| 1:01.8 | attached, both of which were labeled, |
| 1:05.0 | From Potas. |
| 1:06.7 | The first was a set of talking points focused on false allegations of voter fraud |
| 1:11.7 | in Antrim County, Michigan. |
| 1:13.8 | The second document was the same ASOG report the president had given bar. |
| 1:19.8 | The next day, President Trump held a meeting in the White House with Acting Attorney General Rosen, |
| 1:25.3 | Acting Deputy Attorney Donahue, Cipollone Meadows, Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, |
| 1:32.2 | Ken Kucinelli, and Acting General Counsel of the Department of Homeland |
| 1:36.4 | Security, Chad Misell. |
| 1:39.4 | Barr did not attend, even though he was not scheduled to leave DOJ until the following week. |
| 1:45.0 | The timing of the meeting was notable, as the previous day the Electoral College had met and cast their votes |
| 1:52.0 | in favor of former Vice President Biden. |
| 1:55.7 | During testimony before the select committee, Donahue explained that the December 15th |
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