Durbin stated that Jeffrey Rosen had "told us lots" about Trump’s attempts to overturn the election.Rosen was questioned by the Senate Majority Whip for seven hours.Rosen stated that he was able to see how directly and personally involved the president was.10 Things in Politics: Get the latest news in politics and economics Loading... Click Sign up to receive marketing emails and other offers from Insider.Dick Durbin, Senate Majority Whip, stated that former President Donald Trump's acting Attorney General testified for seven hours about Trump’s attempts to reverse the presidential election.Durbin said that Jeffrey Rosen had "told us many things" during Sunday's CNN "State of the Union." Seven hours of testimony.Rosen gave a private testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee (which Durbin chairs) on Saturday.Durbin stated that Rosen was open-minded. There was so much there. It was a lot. Imagine seven hours of testimony. It is vital that we ask these questions, because the Department of Justice was a frightening place from a constitutional standpoint.CNN's Dana Bash questioned Durbin about the most shocking aspect of Rosen's testimony.Durbin responded: "Just how personally and directly involved was the president, the pressure that he was putting onto Jeffrey Rosen. It was very specific, real and very real.Rosen stated that he was being asked by the White House leadership to meet with some people who had wild, bizarre theories about why the election was invalid. He refused to do so.The Washington Post reported that Trump called Rosen nearly daily in the final months of his presidency to press him into helping reverse the election results.In June, House lawmakers published emails showing that the Trump White House pressured Rosen to contest election results in certain areas of the country.
