Discussing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on a conservative podcast, prominent election denier David Clements claimed on July 8 that “in theory, right now,” President Donald Trump “can fire the entire board as it’s comprised, and it’s completely constitutional."

On the evening of July 9, Trump announced that he had done just that. Democrats have criticized the move, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called it a “brazen attempt to seize control of our elections” by Trump ahead of the midterms.

In a conversation on The David Rutherford Show, Clements claimed the commission “can, right now, say the elections are vulnerable. The machines are crap. We’re decertifying them,” adding, “For all intents and purposes, if the EAC were to decertify the machines, it’s game over.”

Clements excitedly explained that the Supreme Court’s recent Trump v. Slaughter ruling — which gives the president “sweeping new authority over approximately two dozen multi-member agencies that Congress intended to be independent” — is “an amazing opportunity for Trump to start firing people right out the gate” at the EAC and replace them with commissioners who would “decertify the machines.” He then called for Trump to force recess appointments so “all of a sudden, you could have like a Shawn Smith on the EAC.” As the Brennan Center notes, Smith is an election denier.