The Fulton County raid and other recent developments show how Trump and his allies are moving to discredit losses and control future elections.
Evidence is mounting that Trump and his allies are pursuing a far more ambitious and dangerous agenda. His March 2025 executive order sought to rewrite election rules nationwide, while the Justice Department has sued two dozen states to access voter rolls containing sensitive private data. Trump has openly pressured state lawmakers to comply.
Recent actions mark a sharper escalation: threats of prosecution over the 2020 election, coercive demands tying federal power to access voter data, expanded authority to pursue election-related cases nationwide, and calls to “nationalize” voting in fifteen states. As the 2026 midterms approach, the administration is shifting from political pressure to criminal enforcement to seize control over elections—the core act of our democracy.