Did Donald Trump Discuss Seizing Voting Machines and Invoking Martial Law to Stay in Power?

Special counsel Jack Smith is investigating a chaotic Oval Office meeting in December 2020, where desperate proposals to overturn the election were allegedly discussed. Witnesses have been questioned about the meeting, including Rudy Giuliani, former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, former national security advisor Michael Flynn, and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne. Giuliani had a voluntary interview with investigators last month and Powell and Byrne spoke under oath with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. Flynn declined to answer the committee's questions. The meeting involved a heated debate about seizing voting machines and considering martial law to overturn the election results. Smith's team is nearing charging decisions in the investigation into efforts to overturn the election, and they are still gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses.

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