“While Trump, 76, was at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Christmas Day 2020, conservative lawyer William J. Olson promoted several extreme ideas to the then-president over the phone, The New York Times reported. Olson, who later conceded his plans, revealed that they included tampering with the Justice Department and firing attorney general Jeffrey A. Rosen, the outlet reported. In a December 28 memo from Olson that was obtained by the Times, he said, ‘The media will call this martial law,’ which he described would be ‘fake news.’ Titled ‘Preserving Constitutional Order,’ the memo also stated that Trump should justify his actions as a way ‘to preserve the election process.’ Olson continued, ‘This is not just within your power, it is your solemn duty.'”
