Trump’s Election Interference Is Underway
While many of his attempts to compromise the midterms have failed, stay vigilant. Subversion doesn’t always look like insurrection.
By Amanda Carpenter, The Bulwark
EVEN THOUGH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EFFORTS to bend elections to his will have so far largely failed, don’t mistake defeat for retreat. The federal government’s highest power centers are working overtime to tilt the election in the administration’s favor.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice sued California, accusing the state of harboring noncitizens on its voter rolls. The suit was filed forty-eight hours after DOJ mailed county election officials a password-protected thumb drive purportedly containing a list of alleged noncitizen voters. This item was delivered with an ultimatum: use the list within the next two days to review the names and prepare to separate their mail-in ballots when returned—or get sued. An L.A. County official rejected the thumb drive as an insecure medium for such a list, and the lawsuit against the state followed.
