Use of emergency powers have become an important part little known part of the january 6th investigation of the attack on the capitol. it says, quote, in subpoenas, document requests in court filings, the panel has demanded information about any trump administration plans to use presidential emergency powers to invoke martial law or take other steps to overturn the election. interviews with committee members and a review of the panel information requests reveal a focus on emergency powers that were being considered by trump and his allies in several categories. invoke me invoking the insurrection act, using marcia, awe easing presidential powers to justify seizing voting machines, and using the military to require a re-run of the election. again, the post reporting that those efforts to use the presidential emergency powers to overthrow the election is a new and largely sort of overlooked, publicly overlooked part of what the january 6th investigation is looking at. what is this new re
Document requests in court filings, the panel has demanded information about any trump administration plans to use presidential emergency powers to invoke martial law or take other steps to overturn the election. interviews with committee members and a review of the panel information requests reveal a focus on emergency powers that were being considered by trump and his allies in several categories. invoke me invoking the insurrection act, using marcia, awe easing presidential powers to justify seizing voting machines, and using the military to require a re-run of the election. again, the post reporting that those efforts to use the presidential emergency powers to overthrow the election is a new and largely sort of overlooked, publicly overlooked part of what the january 6th investigation is looking at. what does this new reporting mean? and is this a whole new level of seriousness that we have not considered before? joining us now is elizabeth martin, she is co-director of the libert