In the constitution it states Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector. Under Article II, Section I of the Constitution, further confirmed by the 12th Amendment, the federal government has one election job — setting the national date for voting and certification by the Electoral College. Governors have no federal or state authority over elections, nor do state judiciaries. The liberal media and leftist activist class have no role at all. But when you read the 17th amendment it states it states

the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, §3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures.

Now my argument is if the President is obligated to defend both Article II, Section I of the Constitution and the 17 amendment would it not be up to his discretion Based on the information he has to outlaw Dominion voting machines if he felt it was a threat to the 17th amendment and the people right to vote directly for their Senator.