The former attorney general, Bill Barr has been communicating with the committee investigating the insurrection. Rep. Bennie Thompson confirmed the conversations this morning on CBS News.

We’ve had conversations with the former attorney general already. We have talked to Department of Defense individuals,” Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, said in an interview with “Face the Nation” when asked if the committee intended to speak with Barr about a draft executive order reportedly given to former President Donald Trump that would have directed the Defense Department to seize voting machines after he lost the 2020 election.

“We are concerned that our military was part of this big lie on promoting that the election was false. So, if you are using the military to potentially seize voting machines, even though it’s a discussion, the public needs to know. We’ve never had that before,” he continued.

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Earlier this week, Politico reported on a document that was prepared by someone in the Trump White House that called for the military to seize voting machines after election. The order was never signed.