About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's claims of election fraud and the involvement of the DOJ in overseeing ballot counts.

Months ahead of the midterms, Trump is doubling down on his false claims of election fraud, installing a loyalist at ODNI to investigate so-called "rigged elections" with zero evidence, while his DOJ sends prosecutors to oversee ballot counts in LA county. The Weeknight hosts and guests respond.

People in this episode

Hosts: Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, Symone Sanders Townsend

Topics covered

• election fraud
• midterms
• DOJ
• politics
• ballot counts

Keywords

• Trump
• election fraud
• DOJ
• ODNI
• midterms
• ballot counts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOJ, ODNI

Places: LA county

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