Former AG Jeffrey Rosen blindsided by Trump's meeting with Jeff Clark | USA TODAY

Former DOJ officials said only top officials are supposed to talk to the White House to ensure investigations are “free from political interference.”

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Jeffrey Clark, the assistant attorney general who wanted the Justice Department to push states to send alternate electors to Washington, told acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen that Trump offered him Rosen’s job at the beginning of January.

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