REPORT: President Trump Considering Appointing Sidney Powell To Special Counsel

The New York Times reported Saturday that President Trump reportedly discussed the possibility of making Sidney Powell as a special counsel to investigate voter fraud allegations.

According to the NYT report, multiple members of the Trump administration expressed concerns about Powell and appointing her, including Trump's personal lawyer Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

"It was unclear if Mr. Trump will move ahead with such a plan," The New York Times stated.

The announcement comes as a surprise given the fact that the Trump legal team publicly distanced themselves from Powell in November stating that Powell had been, “practicing law on her own.”

SCOOP - Sidney Powell was in Oval Office last night as POTUS discussed making her special counsel for election fraud. @KannoYoungs and me https://t.co/wUB8ZMrPxp

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 19, 2020

Among those pushing back on the idea was Pat Cipollone, Meadows and even Giuliani. But Giuliani separately pushed DHS this week to seize control of voting machines to examine them for possible fraud. DHS said it has no authority to do that. https://t.co/wUB8ZMrPxp

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 19, 2020

The meeting got raucous, with various administration members drifting in and out and different people arguing. Powell told others they were quitters, people people briefed on the meeting https://t.co/wUB8ZMrPxp

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 19, 2020

The fact of the meeting - and Giuliani hope of seizing the voting machines - has alarmed some of the president's advisers, who see his desire to take his refusal to accept the election results as in a dangerous new place https://t.co/wUB8ZMrPxp

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 19, 2020

With time certainly being in incredibly short supply, if President Trump were to make a move it would have to come soon. Only time will tell if anything comes from the alleged Oval Office meeting.

One thing is for sure, if Powell were to be appointed, the move would be harshly criticized by the President’s critics and even some of his supporters.