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Donald Trump is using the U.S. presidency to re-litigate the 2020 election. Today, we look at his latest claims and whether the president is laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the upcoming midterms.
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Front Burner26:24Trump’s ‘big lie’ in prime-time
In a nationally televised address last week, U.S. President Donald Trump repeated claims about fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election and announced the release of declassified documents he says reveal a government cover-up.
But with the midterms approaching, there remains much concern that Trump’s speech, and his years-long conspiracies, aren’t really about the election he lost but the midterm elections still to come.
David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic who has reported extensively on the threats facing American elections. He joins us to examine Trump’s latest claims, the evidence behind them and whether the U.S. president is laying the groundwork for America’s next election crisis.
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