A New Document Suggests Trump Considered Ordering Soldiers to Seize Voting Machines
Posted on AllSides January 26th, 2022
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ANALYSIS
Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied Donald Trump’s attempt to withhold White House documents from Congress’s January 6 committee. Today, new records are already coming to light—and illuminating the extreme steps the Trump administration considered when seeking to maintain power.
Among the documents now in committee hands is a draft executive order which, had it been issued, would have directed the secretary of defense to seize voting machines. According to Politico, which broke this news, the draft, dated December 16, 2020, reflects advice given to Trump by attorney Sidney Powell.
On Dec. 18, 2020, Powell,...
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