Second draft order by Trump advisers sought to ask DHS to seize voting machines: report
Advisers to former President Trump drafted another version of an executive order that would have directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to seize voting machines, CNN reported on Monday, citing multiple sources.
Earlier this month, Politico obtained a draft order from the Trump administration that would have instructed the Department of Defense to seize voting machines.
Now, according to multiple sources who spoke with CNN, the Trump administration also drafted another version of that executive order that had the intention of ordering DHS to seize voting machines. CNN reported there were now two versions of the same document.
The idea was spearheaded by retired Col. Phil Waldron and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, CNN’s sources said, with one source saying Flynn was committed to the idea of seizing election equipment and personally reached out to a senior defense official for help with the plan.
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Second draft order by Trump advisers sought to ask DHS to seize voting machines: report https://t.co/97EI7bxeBE pic.twitter.com/PC4CTh3Dge
— The Hill (@thehill) February 1, 2022
NEW: Trump directed Giuliani to make the call to Cuccinelli asking about DHS seizing the voting machines, a more direct level of involvement than Trump has been known to have had previously in discussion of using the government in the election https://t.co/q8rUzL8nWH
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 1, 2022
!!! According to this @hugolowell scoop Trump did look at draft EOs to seize voting machines & agreed to give Sidney Powell security clearance & make her Special Counsel for a sham investigation. Other advisers shot it down and it didn't happen. https://t.co/Q2gvY7fJBL
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) February 4, 2022
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