Trump Officials Attended a Summit Of Election Deniers Who Want The President To Take Over The Midterms

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.

Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms.

According to videos, photos and social media posts reviewed by ProPublica, the meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White...