The Hill has reached out to the DOJ for comment. The Times reported that Rosen additionally said Clark asked him to send a letter to Georgia legislators asking them to void the election results, saying the DOJ was looking into claims of voter fraud. Rosen also reportedly testified that Clark engaged in unauthorized conversations with Trump about publicly casting doubt on the election results in several key battleground states such as Georgia. Rosen told the inspector general’s office about five encounters with Jeffrey Clark, who served as acting head of the DOJ’s civil division under Trump. During one encounter, Clark admitted to meeting Trump and promised to not do so again, the Times reported. News of Rosen’s testimony Saturday was first reported by The New York Times, which also reported that Rosen spoke with the Justice Department inspector general’s office on Friday and reached out to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz directly and pledged to cooperate with the investigation. “There was a lot of activity by Trump personally and by those supporting him to try to put pressure on the Department of Justice to back up his whacky ‘big lie’ theories,” Durbin said on MSNBC, adding that the Judiciary panel wanted to make a “record” of who helped or opposed Trump’s efforts. Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in an interview this week that the panel is looking at “what happened in those days after the November election and before President Biden was sworn in.” “Of course, the chairman is the one to decide, but there were some highly significant leads that unquestionably the Judiciary Committee should pursue,” he added. “I was struck by how close the country came to total catastrophe,” Blumenthal said, adding that there were some “highly significant leads” that the panel should pursue. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the committee, told reporters that he sat through the interview on Saturday. The committee is probing efforts by Trump allies to interfere in the 2020 election results. Rosen was interviewed by staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, lawmakers on the panel confirmed. He has publicly stated that the Justice Department did not find enough fraud to impact the outcome of the election.Former acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen sat for hours of congressional testimony on Saturday, reportedly testifying on former President Trump’s efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election. Trump's efforts to undermine the results of the election. Rosen has emerged as a key witness in multiple investigations that focus on Mr. Clark at the top of the department to carry out that plan," The Times reported. "The investigations were opened following a New York Times article that detailed efforts by Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the Justice Department's civil division, to push top leaders to falsely and publicly assert that ongoing election fraud investigations cast doubt on the Electoral College results. Rosen testified before DOJ's inspector general on Friday and gave closed-door testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday. Trump subvert the results of the 2020 election," the newspaper reported, citing "a person familiar with the interviews." Rosen, who was acting attorney general during the Trump administration, has told the Justice Department watchdog and Congressional investigators that one of his deputies tried to help former President Donald J. The final person to lead the Department of Justice during Donald Trump's administration has testified about efforts to overturn the election, The New York Times reported Saturday afternoon. This article originally appeared on Raw Story