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43 fraud, and institutionally, it would be inappropriate for the Department to suggest to a State that it convene its legislature in a special session, get his reaction to Mr. Donoghue's criticism of those two proposals.

I wanted to ask him about a December 28th meeting—subsequent meeting with Rosen and Donaghue about additional conversations with the White House about the Georgia draft letter or other possible steps to take—that the Department would take to intervene in the counting of the votes.

I wanted to ask him specifically about whether he had any involvement in the appointment of a special counsel, the possibility of holding a press conference to announce the Department's involvement, or the Department's joining a Supreme Court case as a potential plaintiff despite other professionals in the Department indicating that the Department had no standing.

We ultimately wanted to ask him about efforts by the President to install him as Acting Attorney General, the basis for that possibility, his discussions with the President about actions he might take if he were appointed as Acting Attorney General. There was a—wanted to ask him ultimately about a meeting in the Oval Office with the President and others at which his possible appointment as Acting Attorney General was discussed and when the President ultimately decided not to make a change and appoint Mr. Clark as the Acting Attorney General.

Finally, we wanted to ask him a series of questions about things beyond his interactions with the President. For instance, his potential involvement in meetings in advance of January 6th with campaign officials, with lawyers who purported to represent the former President, who had come up with theories as to the Vice President's authority to reject slates of electors.

We wanted to ask him about the Willard War Room and communications with