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The question is what more will come to light. let's ask somebody from the january 6th committee, democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren of california. congresswoman, we really appreciate your time, thanks so much as always. how many times did the committee speak with former attorney general barr? did he come in voluntarily? and did he do more than i guess offer mono syllabic responses to your questions? >> let me just say it was more than once. and it was a voluntary discussion with our staff attorneys. and we appreciate his willingness to help us find the truth. >> and as you know, congresswoma...

We do know, of course, that trump did not sign this executive order, and that the calls within this order for truly extraordinary activity never came to fruition, it's important to note that. but the order is notable because it lays out a plan that could feasibly -- it's a document that feasibly could have been signed. and had trump signed this document the final weeks of his presidency could have been even more frenetic and chaotic than they actually were. >> can you shed some light on, if it is a draft order, if we don't know the author, if we don't know who was even reading it, i guess, how...

You are bogus. and he can testify to the president's reaction. and from what i understand from sources to be the president's absolute defiance and demand that he produce evidence whether it existed or not. >> and some of the evidence included a draft order that would have directed the secretary of defense to send national guard troops to seize voting machines around the country, after the 2020 election. talk to us about the significance of this report? >> so, jose, you know, this would have been scary enough when it happened in realtime, that michael flynn, the former national security adviser...

The newly discovered memo shows that things went a little further than just michael flynn recommending it to the president, then a little further than the president just michael flynn come in for a very unusual oval office meeting, a three-hour, free-wheeling meeting to discuss ways to block biden from the peaceful transfer of power that everyone expected. it went further than that. it went into this draft order, which is fascinating. and you've got to wonder, well, who drafted that? who was helping the president sort of formalize this idea that was discard as so insane. >> carol leonnig and s...

Have allowed then-president trump to authorize the defense secretary to send national guard troops to seize voting machines around the country in the weeks following the 2020 election. "politico" also reports, quote, the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election. that's suggests it could have been a gambit to keep trump in power until at least mid-february of 2021. joining me now is joyce vance former u.s. attorney and legal analyst. joyce, let's break down the legality of an unsigned executive order. can a draft like this where it's...