international vote rigging conspiracy to deprive then president trump of a second term. a special counsel appointed to investigate alleged election fraud and to bring criminal charges if warranted. all of these things were part of an executive order. an executive order written and was intended for trump to sign, and it would have directed the pentagon to seize voting machines in key states. all off this was published, the entire order, by politico. he didn t sign it though. tom foreman is out front with the story. reporter: it reads like a fictional thriller. the inauguration postponed voting machines seized by the military and donald trump s presidential power extended by weeks while his hand-picked investigators decide who won the election. we won this election and we won it by a landslide. reporter: the december 2020 draft executive order could have triggered all of that if it had been signed and enacted before