Official who falsely claimed China changed votes with thermostats told DOJ officials Trump offered him attorney general after he talked about overturning election results

Jeffrey Clark used his relationship with the soon-to-be-ousted president to make a play for the nation's top law enforcement position.

Clark became an ally of the sitting president's efforts to overturn the election results by spreading false claims of fraud, even as the Justice Department denied Trump's claims.

Jeffrey Rosen became the Attorney General in December of 2020. Clark offered to investigate the baseless claims of election fraud, which included Clark's bizarre assertion that China had used thermostats to change ballots in the election, in an apparent attempt to overturn the election.

According to the Post, Clark began laying the groundwork before anyone else. According to the outlet, Clark met with Trump in the Oval Office. Clark apologized and said he wouldn't do it again after the private meeting with Rosen.

Clark requested that the draft letter be sent to Georgia officials. State officials were urged to investigate and possibly overturn Biden's win.

Clark told his bosses that the letter should be sent out as soon as possible. The testimony and emails from the former DOJ officials were reviewed by the Post.

According to the outlet, Clark met with Trump again and failed to inform his superiors. It was at this point that Clark said that Trump asked him to become attorney general.

Clark said he could keep his job as attorney general if he changed his mind about sending the Georgia letter. The man declined.

On January 3, 2021, Clark said that Trump had decided to offer him the position of attorney general and he had accepted. The conversation led to a request for a meeting between the two.

A group of Justice Department and White House officials met with the president in the Oval Office later that day. According to Donoghue, Clark told Trump he would uncover voter fraud if he became attorney general.

The Post reported that Trump admonished the two for not pursuing allegations of voter fraud. The president thought about replacing him with Clark. According to the outlet, when the Justice Department officials in the room told Trump that Clark would lead to mass resignations, he withdrew his offer to Clark.

An attorney for Clark didn't reply immediately.

The public hearing was scheduled for Wednesday. There was no reason given by the panel. The next hearing was supposed to discuss Trump's attempts to install loyalists at the Justice Department in order to overturn the 2020 election.