In January, Lindell sued the January 6 committee after it subpoenaed his phone records. Olson now represents well-known Trump supporter and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell. This memo underscores, as the January 6 hearings continue to do, the influence of unofficial advisers on the president in the aftermath of the 2020 election. General Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security advisor and a recently pardoned felon, publicly broached the subject of martial law on the conservative channel Newsmax. It was originally passed in 1807 by Congress. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested in a text message sent three days before Joe Biden was sworn in as president that some of former President Donald Trump's staunchest allies wanted to declare martial law to keep Trump in power.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said that if then President Donald Trump had. This is not just within your power, it is your solemn duty,” Olson wrote. President Trump has considered bringing in the military multiple times during 2020, according to reports What is the Insurrection Act The Insurrection Act gives the President the power to deploy the military and federal forces across the US. Trump did not impose martial law but envisioned multiple scenarios in which federal agencies seized voting machines. “Communicate to the People that you may have been one of the candidates in the election, but that you are acting as President of the United States to preserve the election process. ApHouse conservatives discussed the possibility that Donald Trump could declare martial law to remain in power, and they're concerned about those conversations leaking into public. During an interview that was broadcast on NTP, a conservative YouTube channel, Wood was asked if martial law could prevent President-elect Joe Biden from being sworn in as the next president.

In June, Rosen told the January 6 committee that he refused to comply with Trump's requests to pursue election fraud. Election attorney Lin Wood on Sunday praised the idea that President Donald Trump could declare 'martial law' in an effort to remain in office. The right-wing attorney also pressed Trump to demand that then-acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen file a lawsuit in the Supreme Court regarding the election results in Pennsylvania: “If he does not commit to exactly doing that…replace him.” However, Olson warned that firing or demoting Rosen could result in negative media coverage, as the press would probably liken the move to the cascade of firings during Watergate called “Saturday Night Massacre.” In the ad, the Convention asks President Donald Trump 'to exercise the Extraordinary Powers of his office and declare limited Martial Law to temporarily suspend the Constitution and civilian.

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