The House of Representatives panel investigating the January 6, 2021,

It was reported that an Executive Order by President Trump was drafted in December 2020 claiming the election was stolen by Biden.

After which a mob, on January 6, 2021, attacked the Capitol Building to overturn Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election by disrupting the Joint Session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes that would formalise President-elect Biden's victory.

The Order, detailing the executive decision for Trump's signature, demanded that the acting secretary of defense "seize, collect, retain and analyze all machines, equipment, electronically stored information, and material records required for retention" under a law, which has been on the books since May 4, 1960, requiring election officials to “retain and preserve for a period of 22 months” all election records.

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According to reports, the Order stipulated seven days for the then acting secretary of defense to issue an initial assessment, and 60 days for a final assessment, to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

After which, this final assessment and information related thereto would be shared throughout the executive branch of the US government.

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Thompson believed these reports to be authentic.

"We have information that between the Department of Justice, a plan was put forward to potentially seize voting machines in the country and utilize Department of Defense assets to make that happen," he said.

Thompson added that his committee has discussed the draft order with former Attorney General Bill Barr and a number of Department of Defense officials.

His committee, Thompson revealed, also said there was a plot to appoint a new attorney general. The rationale behind this appointment, the committee says, was to nullify 2020 the election as unreflective of the final election tally. The newly appointed top law official would then produce certified documents saying the election was fraudulent.

The committee's job, Thompson said, "is to get to the facts and circumstances of how far they go" in implementing that plan.

The committee plans to have a series of public hearings "showing the use of federal assets, Department of Justice, Department of Defense and other agencies to actually stop the duly election of a president.”

The committee, last week, started investigating Trump's inner circle by asking Ivanka Trump to “voluntarily cooperate” by providing the committee with phone records for Trump's son, Eric Trump, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr.

If Trump is found guilty of violating a slew of federal laws including the District of Columbia criminal code stating that anyone who “willfully incites or urges other persons to engage in a riot”, he maybe fined or face up to 180 days in prison.