Revealed: Trump reviewed draft order that authorized voting machines to be seized
Source: theguardian.com
Then president, during contentious December 2020 meeting, also agreed to appoint Sidney Powell as special counsel to investigate fraud
Weeks after the 2020 election, Donald Trump reviewed a draft executive order that authorized the national guard to seize voting machines and verbally agreed to appoint Sidney Powell, a campaign lawyer and conspiracy theorist, as special counsel to investigate election fraud.
The two previously unreported actions of the former president which is certain to interest the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack and Trumps efforts to overturn his defeat came during a contentious White House meeting on 18 December 2020.
Trump never followed through with issuing a formal executive order authorizing the seizure of voting machines or appointing a special counsel. But four sources with detailed knowledge of what transpired during the 18 December meeting described to the Guardian how close he came to doing so.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/04/trump-draft-order-voting-machines-white-house-meeting
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Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)He is the hub at the end of every spoke of this seditious insurrection.
Frankly, I think the Founders would have hanged each and every one of them. But hey, that's just me.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)No kidding, they would have been lined up and executed. This is what we are being threatened with, ironically.
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(24,701 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,733 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,733 posts)riversedge
(70,222 posts)speaks volumes. It means Trump was considering to order to seize the machines!!
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