Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general, said that he set up a meeting with assistant attorney generals at the Department of Justice, where he asked them what they would do if Jeffrey Clark was made head of the department by former President Donald Trump.
Donoghue said that, essentially, those who participated in the meeting "said they would resign en masse if the President made that change to the department leadership."
He added, "All, without hesitation, said they would resign."
During his testimony, Donoghue also noted several times how he felt Clark was unqualified to lead the department.
Some background: Clark is the former DOJ lawyer who former President Donald Trump sought to install as attorney general in the days before the January 6 Capitol riot. He was at the center of an effort by Trump to get the Justice Department to falsely claim there was enough voter fraud in Georgia and other states that he lost, in a last-minute bid to help sow doubt about Joe Biden's victory and pave the way for him to remain in power.