Trump and the Red Folder from J6 The PEAD Act
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They were terrified of Trump's PEADS and the powers it gave him.
-April 24, 2020, Nadler & Steve Cohen sent a letter to Barr requesting briefing documents related to Peads. - https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394266
-May 5, 2020, Sen. Ed Markey introduced the (REIGN Act) Restraint of Executive in Governing Act of 2020. - https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4279/text
May 2020, Seven Democrats and one Republican sent a letter late last month to acting national intelligence director Richard Grenell asking to be briefed on any existing PEADs. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wrote a similar letter to Attorney General William Barr and White House counsel Pat Cipollone. - https://apnews.com/article/politics-ap-top-news-donald-trump-c596e78d503f953fc8acf1eaad1b4dea
Sept 23, 2020, House dems introduced Protecting Our Democracy Act. This act would require the President to disclose PEADS to congress. - https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8363/text
May 17, 2020 The House judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on reforming emergency powers, including Peads. - https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressmen-cohen-presides-hearing-examining-potential-reforms-emergency
Here is a 10 min video on PEADS from one of the fake news, has some good info in the beginning but as it goes on you can really see how concerned the are about Trump's Emergency powers - https://files.catbox.moe/fnagtx.mp4