Sunday, December 20, 2020

Oh, Trump had a meeting at the White House Friday. Mx. Sidney Powell was there as was her client Michael Flim-Flam Flynn. Mx. Giuliani was present via telephone from hospital. Guess what the topic was. Yeah. Trump asked about Flynn's idea to declare martial law and have the military do a "rerun" of the election. So, we can't shelve the coup theory just yet. The White House counsel "told Mr. Trump there was no constitutional authority for what was being discussed," which maybe Trump didn't know. "Other advisers from the White House and the Trump campaign delivered the same message" so maybe he knows now.

Trump wants to appoint Mx. Powell as "special counsel" to investigate "voter fraud."

Mr. Trump also asked about Ms. Powell being given security clearances to pursue her work, two of the people briefed on the meeting said.

In recent days Mr. Giuliani has sought to have the Department of Homeland Security join the campaign’s efforts to overturn Mr. Trump’s loss in the election.
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Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani have been pushing for data that would provide evidence of widespread election fraud...

Part of the White House meeting on Friday night was a discussion about an executive order to take control of voting machines to examine them, according to one of the people briefed on the discussion.

Mr. Giuliani has...pressed the Department of Homeland Security to seize possession of voting machines as part of a push to overturn the results of the election...Mr. Giuliani was told the department does not have the authority to do such a thing. [Which maybe Mx. Jewels didn't know?]
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Mr. Cuccinelli [the White House counsel] is said to have told Mr. Giuliani that there is no authority by which the agency [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] which spent the year working with state election officials to prepare for the election, could assert control over voting machines in those states. [My oh my there is a lot Jewels doesn't know!]
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Mr. Giuliani called Mr. Cuccinelli this week to push the department to re-examine the machines to find evidence of what the Trump campaign has called widespread fraud...

The effort by Mr. Trump’s campaign to use the cybersecurity agency in the push to overturn the results of the election...& etc.