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Attorney Sidney Powell was seen at the White House on Sunday, a sign that President Trump and his advisers are considering drastic action to scrutinize and challenge the results of the 2020 election.
Multiple journalists tweeted they confirmed that Powell was pitching an executive order to seize voting machines for inspections, though it appears she didn't actually get face time with the president.
The executive order was reportedly suggested in an Oval Office meeting on Friday during which Trump also discussed appointing Powell, who was in attendance, as a special counsel to investigate voter fraud. The ideas being floated were strongly opposed by White House counsel Pat Cipollone and chief of staff Mark Meadows, according to the New York Times.
Powell and other Trump allies claim voting machines in several battleground states that Trump lost were used to flip votes to President-elect Joe Biden. These allegations have not held up in court. Federal and state officials have forcefully denied there is any evidence of widespread voter fraud, and the electronic voting machine companies that have been targeted by the allegations are threatening litigation.
Still, with a month to go until Inauguration Day, Rudy Giuliani, who is leading Trump's legal team, said in an interview Saturday morning they are adopting a "completely different strategy" that "is going to focus a great deal on some evidence we have about some of these machines that could throw off these states in a matter of maybe a one- or two-day audit."
CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond said he spotted Powell leaving the residence side of the White House just before 9 p.m. on Sunday and she denied meeting with Trump. Diamond tweeted that when Powell was asked again, she said, "It would be none of your business." The Washington Examiner reached out to Powell for further comment.
(MSN)
