Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines - POLITICO

"This draft order represents not only an abuse of emergency powers, but a total misunderstanding of them," said Liza Goitein, co-director of the liberty and national security program at the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice. "The order doesn't even make the basic finding of an 'unusual and extraordinary threat' that would be necessary to trigger any action under [federal emergency powers law]. It's the legal equivalent of a kid scrawling on the wall with crayons."

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