“A conservative lawyer sent a memo in late December 2020 to then-President Trump on how he could combat the election fraud he alleged happened in that year’s presidential election and overturn the election results. The New York Times reported that William Olson sent the memo titled, ‘Preserving Constitutional Order’ on Dec. 28, 2020. In it, he urged Trump to take several steps to fulfill his duty to stop voter fraud on behalf of the American people…. ‘The fact that you were a candidate in the race may complicate the matter, but your duty to ensure the election was not stolen exists nonetheless,’ Olson wrote in the memo obtained by the Times. ‘It is no understatement to say that the very existence of our Constitutional Republic is slipping away — that which was entrusted to our generation by the Founders and each succeeding generation — unless you act, and act promptly.’”
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“Olson said his ‘little band of lawyers’ was working on a memorandum on the powers Trump can use as president to ‘ensure that the People receive a fair election count.’ He said Trump should task a new White House counsel to identify this. He said that media organizations will consider this to be martial law, which is ‘fake news.’ Olson said Trump should tell the public that he is acting in his capacity as president even though he is a candidate in the election. Olson wrote in the memo that he expected the DOJ to ‘do nothing except continue to run out the clock,’ necessitating action from Trump. ”