Trump sought to name Sidney Powell as White House special counsel to seize voting machines
Donald Trump,Politics,January 6 Committee,Capitol Chaos,Twitter,Pat Cipollone,Cassidy Hutchinson,Proud Boys,Oath Keepers,Sidney Powell,Campaign Rhetoric,Violence In America
President Trump‘s proposal to appoint conservative attorney Sidney Powell as a special counsel to investigate voting fraud in the 2020 election culminated in a profane screaming match between Trump loyalists and White House advisers who opposed the plan, witnesses told the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday.
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was shown in video testimony saying he was “vehemently opposed” to having Ms. Powell appointed to any position in the White House.
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