Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said a recent report that Donald Trump considered an executive order to have the military seize voting machines in 2020 battleground states 'very serious' during a Sunday television interview.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol attack, confirmed this morning that such an executive order was drafted.
The top GOP lawmaker on the House Foreign Affairs Committee told CBS News' Face The Nation he hopes the 'truth will come out' in the Democrat-led investigation into the January 6 insurrection as well as the Justice Department's probes into the matter.
It was a rare right-wing vote of confidence for the committee from a lawmaker whose re-election bid was endorsed by Trump as recently as November of last year.
His tone puts him at odds with the former president, who has been known to lash out at Republicans who express support for the committee or dispute his claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
It was also a stark departure from many of his colleagues in the House Republican Caucus, who routinely seek to undercut the committee and question its legitimacy.
'Well, you know my reaction, it was a dark day, January 6. I want the truth to come out,' McCaul said on Sunday.
He echoed Republican concerns that the panel had been 'somewhat politicized.'
McCaul's remarks appear to be a rare right-wing vote of confidence for the Democrat-led committee
'But the truth should come out, and I think the Department of Justice has been conducting an investigation. I worked at DOJ for almost 15 years, and I trust their investigation -- I in fact called upon them to investigate this, so I'm hopeful that the truth will come out on this,' McCaul said.
He added of the reported executive order: 'The allegations are very serious.'
Host Margaret Brennan asked if dealing with the report given Trump's support for his campaign was 'a little uncomfortable.'
McCaul appeared to acknowledge that it was before attempting to point out that the military never ended up seizing any voting machines.
'Of course, I mean, when the executive-- commander in chief-- and these are allegations, I don't think the executive order was ever followed
