Trump's Dangerous Conspiracy Theories
Trump embracing rightwing conspiracy theories to overturn the election has resulted in a dangerous rise in rightwing extremism.
In a desperate attempt to overturn the election, Trump and his allies publicly repeated unproven conspiracy theories that undermined trust in our democracy. Now rightwing extremists, conspiracy theorists, and militia groups are mobilizing to restore Trump to power in a movement that is a direct threat to American multi-racial democracy.
Election precinct suitcases with ballots and keys to voting machines in Allegheny County, Pa., in November 2020. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)
By Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman, Emma Brown, Jon Swaine and Jacqueline Alemany
President Donald Trump should invoke the extraordinary powers of the National Security Agency and Defense Department to sift through raw electronic communications in an attempt to show that foreign powers had intervened in the 2020 election to help Joe Biden win.
Video: Trump Grasped At Every Straw To Try To Overturn The Election, MSNBC | 2/2/2022
New York Times congressional correspondent Luke Broadwater, former RNC chairman Michael Steele, and Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig discuss the January 6th select committee investigating Trump’s role in the scheme to seize voting machines.