Multiple reports say a White House adviser, Kurt Olsen, pushed a plan to restrict or ban Dominion Voting Systems machines in about half of U.S. states. The reports identify Olsen as a lawyer whom President Donald Trump has tasked with supporting claims that the 2020 election involved election-rigging—claims that election officials and courts have largely found to be unsubstantiated.
According to the sources cited by the outlets, the proposal focuses specifically on Dominion voting machines and would have been implemented at the state level rather than through a single nationwide order. The accounts describe Olsen as an adviser involved in efforts related to validating or advancing allegations about election processes, even as those allegations have been widely debunked.
The reports do not provide details in the shared summaries about the precise mechanism for the proposed bans, the states involved, or whether any policy changes resulted from the plan. The coverage centers on the allegation that Olsen advocated targeting Dominion equipment. The claims are attributed to unnamed sources cited by the outlets.
