“This was a failed coup and these people are still plotting,” said one observer. BY JULIA CONLEYCommon Dreams Allies of former President Donald Trump sought to have voting machines seized by armed private contractors in the weeks after the 2020 election, according to new reporting. As the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday, draft executive orders dated December 16 and 17, 2020 regarding the seizure of voting machines appear to have started as an “authorizing letter” written on November 21. “A private sector organization has no authority to go and seize state government equipment… And we are l…
