BIGGEST BOMBSHELL YET
Last Friday Politico first released the bombshell news that Trump, with the help of his inner circle, planned to not only institute pro-Trump electors, but also to use the military in order to seize voting machines after the election.
A draft executive order by the Trump administration was released to the Jan. 6 Committee which details instructions for the defense secretary to "seize, collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information, and material records required for retention.” This order would have been the culmination of Trump and his supporter's espousal of the Big Lie. Ironically, the electoral fraud that the Big Lie warns about was actually planned by Trump's inner circle, with Rudy Guiliani leading a plot to certify and seat pro-Trump electors in the contested states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico.
Former President Donald Trump attends a border security briefing June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, Texas. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines, Politico | 1/21/2022
By Betsy Woodruff Swan
In addition to the news of military intervention and fake electors, a document titled “Remarks on National Healing" was released to the Jan. 6 Committee. It gives us a look into the remarks Trump would have given the day after the Insurrection. The document is a "jarring contrast" to the realities of the event (Trump saying he immediately ordered the National Guard to the capitol when the former defense secretary testified that he "never, at any time, issued him any order to deploy the National Guard"), as well as his tone towards the attack (the document gave a "sharp criticism" of the mob compared to his tone of empathy in the video released during the event).
Video: Jan. 6 Committee In Talks With Former Attorney General William Barr, MSNBC | 1/24/2022
CNN contributors explain the possible information and extent to which Bill Barr can provide to the select committee, such as the FBI's investigation and findings regarding the accusations of voter fraud in certain states as well as his decision to step down from the administration after the election but only a few weeks before his term would have eventually ended.