Trump’s escalating threats alarm his opponents

Former President Trump is escalating his rhetoric around claims of fraud in the upcoming election and vowing to go after opponents if he wins, alarming critics who fear a repeat of the chaos that followed the 2020 election.

Trump over the weekend threatened to prosecute donors, lawyers and elections officials who he claimed “cheated” in the 2020 election or who engaged in behavior he deemed “unscrupulous” in November. And he elevated a dubious claim about fraud involving mail ballots in Pennsylvania...