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New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Tuesday pushed back on attempts to downplay former President Donald Trump's attempted coup attempt earlier this year.

During an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Haberman took issue with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman's claim that his now-infamous six-point plan to overturn the election was only an "option" the president could pursue that never really got very far.

Trump-loving conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell is now alleging that a Georgia man was murdered as part of a scheme to prevent Gov. Brian Kemp from conducting an audit of the state's vote, which was won by President Joe Biden.

"I think, what we are dealing with here is pervasive and very, very dark," Powell told controversial far-right Pastor Andrew Wommack on his podcast. "It's organized, it's well-funded, it's pure evil."

Many of the perpetrators of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have been charged with the federal crime of "obstructing an official proceeding" of Congress because their attack was intended to disrupt the counting of electors to confirm the victory of President Joe Biden.

But according to the Seattle Times, the attorney for one of the attackers, Seattle-area Proud Boy Ethan Nordean, is trying a novel approach by questioning whether the counting of electors really counts as an "official proceeding."