Trump convenes Oval Office meeting to plan seizing voting machines and naming Powell special counsel

On December 18, 2020, Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and Patrick Byrne urged Trump in the Oval Office to appoint Powell as a special counsel with authority to seize voting machines and use the military to rerun elections in contested states. White House advisors Pat Cipollone, Eric Herschmann, and Derek Lyons forcefully argued against the proposals. The meeting lasted multiple hours and ended without Trump signing any of the proposed executive orders.