Conspirators' Coalition? Holder's Real-Time Roleplaying with Activists!
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The war game session included a group of activist groups and experts from civil society.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder discussed conducting war games or tabletop exercises to prepare for and combat potential election interference. These exercises involve strategizing against various scenarios, such as illegal ballot rejections, seizure of cast ballots, the deployment of the military, or misinformation campaigns.
Holder worked with Hillary Clinton to conduct a tabletop exercise at his law firm's office. The session included a group of activist groups and experts from civil society.
Holder has also engaged in similar exercises with members of Congress on Capitol Hill, specifically coordinating with Congressman Joe Morelli of New York, who was designated by Leader Hakeem Jeffries to lead these efforts.
To increase the realism of these war games, they incorporated roleplaying elements, such as individuals acting as news anchors and presenting unconfirmed reports on screen to test how the group would respond in real time.
Within their war games and tabletop exercises, participants considered the scenario of the President invoking the Insurrection Act to intervene in an electoral setting.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder noted that while this falls into the outer reaches of potential threats, they have thought about and prepared to litigate and figure out ways in which they can push back on such an action.
Holder further clarified that using such powers in peacetime during an election would be unprecedented, stating that really is using powers there that have never been used before in peacetime and with regard to an electoral setting.