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46 Attorney General. I told him I'd be happy to do that. He wanted to make sure that you," meaning me, "stayed on as the Deputy," and I told him that would happen. "And he wished us well, and he thanked us for sticking around until the end."

Yeah.

Do you know whether or not, Mr. Donoghue, the President had had as much interaction with Mr. Rosen at that point as he had had with you? I mean, you mentioned the bill signings and the personal calls about El Chapo. Do you know whether he'd had similar interaction with Mr. Rosen, or was he less familiar with Mr. Rosen at that point?

I knew that he'd had some. DAG Rosen was at Transportation before coming over to the Department. I can't really tell you what the level of interaction was, but I knew that he had some. He'd have to explain that to you.

I see.

Okay. I am going to move into, now, the time after Attorney General Barr leaves. Are you okay to keep going, or do you need a break? I mean, this is a new—

I'm fine.

It's a convenient place to stop, unless you want to keep going.

Mr. Andres. Maybe we should take 5 minutes,.

. Yeah. Let's take 5, Greg. That's no problem. Thank you.

Mr. Donoghue. Okay. Thanks.

[Recess.]

All right, Mr. Donoghue, we're back on the record. Thank you.


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I want to move, now, to the time in which you were essentially serving as the Acting Deputy Attorney General, albeit without that title, and call your attention to some