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What was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happen here. and that order and many of the other things that we've learned through our hearings have been really stunning to me. because repeatedly i found myself in a situation thinking, my gosh, how could this happen here? and we really thought it couldn't, but it's just continued to emphasize for all of us that our institutions are fragile. >> the appointment of the special counsel was not hypothetical. trump wanted sidney powell, a prominent peddler of election lies, in the s...

>> the team had arrived with a draft executive order that had it been signed by donald trump would have immediately ordered the secretary of defense to seize, collect, retain, and analyze ballot boxes, and it would have created, quote, a special counsel to oversee the operation, and institute all criminal and civil proceedings as appropriate. >> this is a draft of the executive order that would have allowed trump to seize voting machines. what was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happen here, and that order and many of th...

Happen here. and that order and many of the other things that we've learned through our hearings have been really stunning to me. because repeatedly i found myself in a situation thinking, my gosh, how could this happen here? and we really thought it couldn't. but it's just continued to emphasize for all of us that our institutions are fragile. >> reporter: the appointment of the special counsel was not hypothetical. trump wanted sydney powell, a prominent peddler of election lies, in the spot. >> we asked pat cipollone if he had the authority to name me special counsel. and he said yes. and t...

Analyze ballot boxes, and it would have created, quote, a special counsel to oversee the operation and institute all criminal and civil proceedings as appropriate. >> this is a draft of the executive order that would have allowed trump to seize voting machines. what was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happen here. and that order and many of the other things we learned through our hearings have been really stunning to me, because repeatedly i found myself in a situation thinking, my gosh, how could this happen here? and w...

It been signed by donald trump, would have immediately ordered the secretary of defense to seize, collect, retain, and analyze ballot boxes, and it would have created, quote, a special counsel to oversee the operation and institute all criminal and civil proceedings as appropriate. >> this is a draft of the executive order that would have allowed trump to seize voting machines. what was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happen here. and that order and many of the other things we learned through our hearings have been reall...