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