

Thompson said he wants to know why the order was proposed. It is not known who wrote the order that would have directed the secretary of defense to “seize, collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information, and material records required for retention.” Politico first reported about the draft order. Trump never issued, as part of its document request from the National Archives last year. The committee obtained the draft executive order, which Mr. Barr about the draft order, reportedly given to then-President Donald Trump, that would have directed the Defense Department to seize voting machines in battleground states following his reelection loss. Thompson was responding to a question about whether his panel planned to speak with Mr. “The chairman was speaking generally about informal engagement with the former AG prior to the recent production of records from the Archive,” the spokesman said. Barr, as referenced by the committee chairman, did not deal with the draft executive order. Thompson told The Washington Times that the investigators’ talks with Mr. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, said in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” We have talked to Department of Defense individuals,” Rep. “We’ve had conversations with the former attorney general already. Capitol said Sunday that former Attorney General William Barr has spoken with investigators about a draft executive order that would have directed the Trump Defense Department to seize voting machines.

The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan.
