Remember how TFG's Justice Dept all threatened to resign if Jeffrey Clark became AG?

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Here's a bit more about how that transpired. It's a fantastic accounting.

tl;dr
People told Trump "no," and he backed down. It's as simple as that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...ore-jan-6/

There are several little revelations here, such as:

Clark "was sent a draft of a letter outlining a plan to try to overturn the election by a just-arrived Justice Department official"

The email text simply said “Attached.”

One no-name official to another no-name official, except one of them (Clark) was working behind Rosen's back to supersede him.

A favorite TFG quote, when trying to persuade Rosen: "Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”

Whitehouse said he wants to know if someone produced the letter for Klukowski. Klukowski and his lawyer, Edward Greim, declined to comment.

Clark explained that he been looking at allegations on his own and

Clark's challenge was that Rosen's Justice Dept. had already said there was no fraud. But again, he'd found a willing audience with TFG.

Clark told Rosen that if he reversed his position and signed the letter to the Georgia legislature, then Rosen could remain attorney general

Ain't that grand? I mean, who among us hasn't said to a supervisor how they can keep their job, amirite? Later in the Oval when they all told TFG they'd resign, at one point Clark defended his bona fides (none of which mattered as qualifications for being the AG).

“That’s right,” Donoghue said he responded. “You’re an environmental lawyer. How about you go back to your office, and we’ll call you when there’s an oil spill.”

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One part I found entertaining (and typical) was the guy that they think actually drafted the letter outlining the plan to overturn the election:

Kenneth Klukowski had arrived at the Justice Department just two weeks before the Oval Office meeting to become legal counsel to the civil division overseen by Clark.

He had long been an outspoken figure on the right, working as senior legal analyst for the conservative Breitbart website and co-writing a 2010 book about President Barack Obama titled “The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency.”

It's all about projection. Over and over again, the reality comes out that these wingnutty types aren't really concerned about destroying democracy - they just want to make sure they get to do it so it comes out to their benefit.

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It’s possible that once Klukowski got into Justice he said to Clark, “Hey I’ve got a plan …”

It’s equally possible Clark had never heard of the guy, opened up a random email, had a eureka moment and in very short order got an audience with Trump, regardless.

Either way, it’s not great.