Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday said any conspiracy to seize voting machines would potentially be criminal.
Johnson made the remarks on CNN one day after it was reported that Trump administration advisers had drafted an executive order that would have directed his former department to seize voting machines in the U.S. to keep former President Trump in office.
“This is a very troubling scenario that we’ve apparently uncovered. It wasn’t just some crazy idea floated by lawyers. It was an idea reduced to draft executive orders, which is very dangerous, very troubling and yet more evidence of how a year ago, in January 2021, our democracy really teetered on the brink,” Johnson, who served under the Obama administration, said while appearing on CNN.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked Johnson if such an action potentially constituted criminality.
“It could potentially constitute a crime in my view,” Johnson replied. “Certainly conspiring to seize voting machines, conspiring to hijack our election that way, to hijack our democracy, and I hope the Jan. 6 committee and even the Department of Justice are looking at this apparent evidence.”
"It could potentially constitute a crime in my view," said Johnson. "Certainly conspiring to seize voting machines, conspiring to hijack our election that way, to hijack our democracy, and I hope the Jan. 6 committee and even the Department of Justice are looking at this apparent evidence." There were two draft executive orders, one intended to have the Department of Homeland Security seize voting machines, and other to give the directive to the Department of Defense. The idea was advanced by retired Col. Phil Waldron and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday said any conspiracy to seize voting machines would potentially be criminal.
Johnson made the remarks on CNN one day after it was reported that Trump administration advisers had drafted an executive order that would have directed his former department to seize voting machines in the U.S. to keep former President Trump in office.
“This is a very troubling scenario that we’ve apparently uncovered. It wasn’t just some crazy idea floated by lawyers. It was an idea reduced to draft executive orders, which is very dangerous, very troubling and yet more evidence of how a year ago, in January 2021, our democracy really teetered on the brink,” Johnson, who served under the Obama administration, said while appearing on CNN.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked Johnson if such an action potentially constituted criminality.
“It could potentially constitute a crime in my view,” Johnson replied. “Certainly conspiring to seize voting machines, conspiring to hijack our election that way, to hijack our democracy, and I hope the Jan. 6 committee and even the Department of Justice are looking at this apparent evidence.”
"It could potentially constitute a crime in my view," said Johnson. "Certainly conspiring to seize voting machines, conspiring to hijack our election that way, to hijack our democracy, and I hope the Jan. 6 committee and even the Department of Justice are looking at this apparent evidence." There were two draft executive orders, one intended to have the Department of Homeland Security seize voting machines, and other to give the directive to the Department of Defense. The idea was advanced by retired Col. Phil Waldron and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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