At a Senate hearing on Jack Smith, Adam Schiff recounts Trump's 90-minute call on December 27, 2020, with acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donahue. When Rosen said the DOJ "can't and won't" change the outcome of the election, Trump replied: "Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressman." Schiff then notes that none of his Republican colleagues contested those facts.
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- Who
- Senator Adam Schiff
- Where
- hearing - Senate hearing with former Special Counsel Jack Smith
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- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Trump calls top DOJ officials December 27, 2020, acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donahue. And in that 90 minute phone call, Trump complains the election was stolen from him, even after DOJ officials repeatedly rebut his claims. And A .G. Rosen says, understand the DOJ can't and won't snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. It doesn't work that way. The president, Donald Trump, replies, I don't expect you to do that. Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressman. Did you hear any of my Republican colleagues contest those facts? No. Did you hear any of them say, oh Donald Trump never tried to pressure the Justice Department to make stuff up about the 2020 election?
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