On Sept 5, Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell told Newsmax host Tony Perkins that Trump may declare that “there is a threat to the national sovereignty of the United States" in order to claim “emergency powers to protect the federal elections going forward,” overriding the Constitution’s clear designation that states alone have control over elections. Trump may even claim fraud to seize voting machines, as he wanted to in 2020. Steve Bannon: “They’re petrified over at MSNBC and CNN that since we’re taking control of the cities, there’s going to be ICE officers near polling places.