elections officials in georgia. according to an affidavit, chad stark of texas posted on craigslist a year ago, georgia patriots, it is time to kill. one of many comments. this is the first charges brought by the doj s newly formed election threats task force. joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. politico national correspondent betsy swann. and former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. betsy, this is your reporting, you re the one who saw a draft of this executive order. what exactly did it say? the executive order lays out a plan by which former president trump would have essentially deputized the defense secretary to seize voting machines. the defense secretary would then have 60 days to write an assessment of what happened during the 2020 election. this executive order, in
the election by putting forward fake electors from seven states that trump lost. also this week an atlanta area district attorney requested a special grand jury to investigate the former president s election interference in georgia, and trump family members are also under the legal spotlight as the january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to cooperate and has subpoenaed phone records from other trump family members. we re starting, though, with the breaking news, today. the department of justice has just charged a texas man for allegedly making death threats against election workers in georgia. cnn s evan perez joins us now. what can you tell us about the suspect and the charges? well, victor, his name is chad stark, and he was arrested today in texas. he s being charged by prosecutors in atlanta, and according to the prosecutors, what he did was he posted a message on craigslist in january of 2021 seeking to pay someone
to kill election workers in georgia. reporting on the arrest for politico, joining me now, josh, tell me a little who this individual is and what they are alleged to have done. so this fellow, name is chad stark, he is 54. from travis county, texas. and he s alleged to have gone on craigslist about a year ago in january of 2021 and to have posted sort of a want ad on craigslist, you know, you can list something like a bike and a price and he said he needed georgia patriots to kill a chinese agent for the price of $10,000 and then he laid out a series of grievances against top officials in georgia, election officials, who happened to be the focus of donald trump s ire at that particular time for the fact that they weren t doing what he wanted to, you know, reverse the results of the election in georgia.
announcer: tired of pain radiating down your leg and lower back? get relief finally, with magnilife® leg and back pain relief. and get living. available at your local retailer. the department of justice charging a man for allegedly making death threats against election workers in georgia. let s get over to cnn s evan perez, who s been looking through this indictment and has the details on it. evan, what are you learning? reporter: that s right, kate. this is the first indictment being brought under a six-month-old task force that is focusing specifically on election threats to workers. this is a man arrested in texas. his name is chad stark. and according to prosecutors in