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13 he was my boss. I knew him. He had come to New York on at least one occasion, visited the office. We had worked together on a number of different things. I had a lot of respect for him. I thought he was a great lawyer. So I was more than happy to go to Washington to work for him.

I see. Sorry again for the interruption, but Representative Lofgren has joined us, another member of the select committee.

Good morning, Ms. Lofgren.

Good morning, Ms. Lofgren.

Ms. Good morning.

Mr. Good morning.


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So if I could get Mr. Donoghue to go back to the question set. Mr. Rosen approved of or even solicited this move for you to come and serve as his PADAG?

Yes. We talked about it. It was originally raised by AG Barr. I did talk to DAG Rosen about it, and he said he'd be very happy to have me come down there and help him out.

Okay. So, just a few months after you joined the DAG's office to serve as the PADAG, you—Mr. Rosen became the Acting Attorney General. How did that affect your status in terms of your title and what you did day to day? We're now in December of 2020.

Right. AG Barr submitted his resignation to the President on December 14th. It was effective, I believe it was, midnight of December 24th. So he effectively left the office on December 23rd. And, upon his departure, DAG Rosen became the Acting Attorney General, and I became essentially the person exercising the authority and holding the responsibility of the Deputy Attorney General.

I did not use the term "Acting Deputy Attorney General," although most other