Trump’s sharpened focus on investigating elections raises fears of midterm meddling

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 1,822

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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President Donald Trump was speaking to supporters at a Pennsylvania rally June 23 when he made an extraordinary admission about an election a continent away.

Trump and his allies had spent several days in June savaging California over its slow vote counting and baselessly alleging its contests were fraudulent. But now the president divulged that his actions went beyond just public criticism.

“I called up the very powerful, very good U.S. attorney in California and I …

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