Stop the Steal Never Stopped

Stop the Steal Never Stopped

From Reveal by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

May 9, 2026 · 51 min

About this episode

The episode explores the ongoing impact of the 'Stop the Steal' movement on election integrity and political power in Georgia.

When the FBI showed up at a warehouse in Fulton County, Georgia, to seize hundreds of boxes of 2020 election records this past January, County Commissioner Dana Barrett thought it looked less like a criminal investigation and more like political theater. It’s been more than five years since the election, the results already had been investigated multiple times, and the ballots had been counted, recounted, and recounted again. The lie that the 2020 election was stolen has persisted. And the “Stop the Steal” movement’s most ardent believers now hold unprecedented positions of power, including on the once-sleepy State Election Board in the important swing state of Georgia. A lawyer known for his willingness to take on long-shot election cases has gone from a little-known private practice attorney to a role in the White House, overseeing the country’s election integrity effort—despite being sanctioned by a court for making “unequivocally false” assertions around voting. And everyday members of the movement are trying to change what they fervently believe is a broken system—at the risk of actually breaking it in the process. This week on Reveal , Mother Jones reporter Abby Vesoulis…

People in this episode

Host: Najib Aminy

Guest: Abby Vesoulis

Topics covered

  • 2020 election
  • Stop the Steal
  • political theater
  • election integrity
  • Georgia
  • midterms 2026

Keywords

  • 2020 election
  • Stop the Steal
  • Georgia
  • election integrity
  • political power
  • midterms
  • FBI investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, Mother Jones, White House, State Election Board

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