The Jeffrey Clark letter was a draft letter that falsely claimed the

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had been investigating "various irregularities in the 2020 election."

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won the election on November 3, 2020. On December 28,

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proposed to acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy

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that the letter be sent to

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lawmakers, with modified versions to be prepared for "contested states":

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, and

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. It called on these states to hold special legislative sessions; their goal was to secure alternate slates of electors who would cast votes for

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to overturn Biden's victory. Rosen and Donoghue rejected the proposal and no such letter was sent. The letter originated with Ken Klukowski, a senior legal analyst for far-right ''

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''. Klukowski had co-authored the 2010 book ''The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency''. Klukowski emailed the letter to Clark, and 20 minutes later, Clark emailed it to Rosen and Donoghue.

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