Harry Litman - It's the Election, Stupid.

Of the many ways that Donald Trump, abetted by the U.S. Supreme Court, has laid waste to the executive branch and ransacked civil society, one Trump target above all others requires our constant vigilance and hair-trigger sensitivity.

That is federal elections—and the prospect that Trump will try to achieve in pseudo-legal fashion what he failed to accomplish through brute force after the 2020 election he lost to President Biden.

Democracy can weather a lot of damage and unlawful conduct at Trump’s hands, but if he succeeds in taking control of the machinery of elections, it could be a fatal blow.

That’s what makes a quiet New York Times report from last week so deeply alarming. According to the article, senior Trump-aligned officials are pushing DOJ lawyers to consider bringing criminal charges against state and local election officials—accusing them, without basis, of failing to secure election-related technology.

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https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/its-the-election-stupid