“…around Christmas day in 2020 Donald Trump spoke on the phone with a right-wing lawyer for advice on using martial law as a mechanism to overturn the presidential election results…. ‘The lawyer, William J. Olson, was promoting extreme ideas to the president that Mr. Olson later conceded could be regarded as tantamount to declaring “martial law” and could even invite comparisons with Watergate. They included tampering with the Justice Department and firing the acting attorney general, according to the Dec. 28 memo by Mr. Olson, titled “Preserving Constitutional Order,” describing their discussions….’ Olson wrote, ‘Our little band of lawyers is working on a memorandum that explains exactly what you can do,’ with the Times adding he marked his notes, ‘privileged and confidential’ and also added ‘The media will call this martial law. That is “fake news.”‘”
