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Deadline White House-20220121-21:02:00

that was never issued but would amount to a dangerous power graph. it directs the defense diplomat to seize voting machines side -- it also appoints a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the date on this executive order is december 16th, 2020. it is more than two weeks after trump's own loyal attorney general bill barr said that d.o.j. had found zero evidence of election fraud. also from politico, quote, the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election that suggests it could have been a gam bit to keep trump in power until at least mid february of 2021. cbs news has not reviewed the document. an aide for the 1/6 committee tells nbc the panel is not

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Don Lemon Tonight-20220122-07:02:00

december 16th, 2020, directing the defense secretary to seize voting machines. a member of the committee reacting to this reporting, just a short time ago. >> it's incredibly concerning. um, you know, if this is in fact a verifiable document, um, that was drafted by somebody within the president's inner circle. the idea that the department of defense would become involved in elections, be seizing, you know, voting machines, so we are looking at this very closely from the committee. um, and, you know, at this point, you know, we're still determining you know if that reporting is -- is accurate. but it is certainly very concerning. >> and apparently, trump allies were plotting with him right inside the oval office two days later on december 18th, sidney powell urging trump not oh enl to seize the machines but appoint her as special counsel to investigate the election. there is also the draft of a document titled "remarks on national healing." we are also learning today about secret meetings held in the president's private residence at

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Don Lemon Tonight-20220122-03:01:00

this is "don lemon tonight" for americans that want the truth to come out about the deadly january 6th insurrection at the capitol, you can mark today down as a major turning point in the investigation. the house january 6th committee is now in possession of more than 700 pages of documents from the trump white house that the former president fought like hell to keep secret. the national archives releasing the trove of information after the supreme court cleared the way for the documents to be release the to the committee. throwing the former president's claims of executive privilege out the door. the documents will reveal the inner workings after the insurrection and days after and not hard to see why he tried to keep them from public scrutiny. politico is reporting details on documents the committee is reviewing including a draft of an executive order dated december 16th, 2020 directing the defense secretary to seize

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20220121-22:27:00

showing the association, right? it's saying, i'm one of you. you believe this. i do, too. i am with -- and most of all, i'm with trump. so you can vote for me. obviously, there are long-term consequences and i think when it gets down to actual elections and, you know, they are going up against democrats focusing on the last election is probably not the way to win. you have to focus on bread and butter issues. but for them to get attention right now, unfortunately, it does work. >> and philip, obviously the problem is beyond rhetoric. politico obtained a draft of a trump executive order he never thankfully issued but it would have instructed the secretary of defense to, quote, seize, collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information and material records required for retention having to do with voting machines. the document that politico obtained is dated december 16th, 2020. it's becoming clear the weeks

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The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell-20220122-06:01:00

hard to hide these documents. politico obtained one of them. an unsigned draft of an executive order that directed the department of defense to seize voting machines. the order, which was never signed, is issued -- is dated, december 16th 2020. it would allow the defense secretary to, quote, sees collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information, and material records required for retention under u.s. law that relates to the preservation of election records. the order also sites to classified documents, suggesting that the author had access to information about the government secrets. this wasn't just some kook with no connection to the trump administration. in addition to new documents like that, political reports of the january six committee is investigating efforts by state level republicans to send republicans alternative slates of 2020 presidential electors.

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Yasmin Vossoughian Reports-20220123-20:02:00

analyst and former u.s. attorney general in michigan. julie, bring us up to speed on what else the chairman had to say today. >> that's right, joe. chairman bennie thompson making some news during that interview with cbs, saying the panel already spoke to bill barr. you'll recall the former attorney general actually resigned in december of 2020 after rebuking former president trump's false claims about election fraud in 2020, the same month of that unsigned executive order that was dated december 16th, 2020, that would have instructed the military to seize voting machines. i want to play for you, though, a part of bennie thompson's interview from this morning. watch. >> do you intend to go to the attorney general, bill barr, to ask him about this? i mean, how do you follow up on this kind of allegation and the paperwork to back it up? >> well, yes, we do. to be honest with you, we have had conversations with the former attorney general already. we have talked to department of

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Morning Joe-20220124-11:19:00

this morning with the sports -- [ speaking foreign language ] look it up. to the news. "politico" has obtained some of the records former president donald trump tried to shield from the committee investigating january 6th. that includes a draft order dated december 16th, 2020, that would have directed the united states military to seize voting machines. the draft included conspiracy theories about election fraud in michigan and georgia as well as, quote, international and foreign interference. the order would have appointed a special counsel to oversee the operation and would have given the secretary of defense 60 days to write up an assessment. as "politico" notes, this suggests trump would have used his big lie to stay in power until at least mid-february. joe, this information is really beginning to pileup. >> it really is. and, george conway, you can line things up and see what dick cheney, the secretary of defense

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Alex Witt Reports-20220122-19:21:15

Alex Witt Reports-20220122-19:21:15
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The 11th Hour-20220122-04:01:00

that would have directed the defense secretary to seize voting machines and calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the executive order, whose author is unknown, is dated december 16th, 2020. that's more than two weeks after trump's attorney general william barr said the justice department had found no evidence of election fraud. politico also says the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election. now, think of those dates. that suggests that it could have been a gambit to keep trump in office until at least mid-february of 2021. nbc news has not yet reviewed these documents. earlier on this network the trump official who ran the department that called the 2020 election the most secure in american history had this reaction to politico's report about the draft order. >> it is actually a clear

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Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire-20220124-10:03:00

trump tried to shield from the committee investigating january 6th, including a draft order dated december 16th, 2020, 245 -- that would have directed the united states military to seize voting machine, citing election fraud in georgia and michigan and quote international and foreign interference. the order would have appointed a special counsel to oversee the operation and would have given the secretary of defense 60 days to write up an assessment. as "politico" notes, this suggests trump would have used his big lie to stay in power until at least mid february. the january 6th select in the received more than 700 pages of trump white house documents from the national archives two days after the supreme court denied the former president's request to withhold them. the documents include trump's activity logs, logs of phone calls, handwritten notes from top aides including former chief of staff mark meadow, a

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