Trump Threat to Rig 2026 Darkens amid Damning News on FBI Georgia Raid

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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President Trump is tacitly threatening to interfere in the 2026 elections. He’s urged Republicans to “nationalize” them and recently said he regrets not seizing voting machines in 2020. Last month the FBI seized ballot boxes in Fulton County, Georgia as part of some sort of criminal investigation that remains murky. Now it’s being reported that this FBI move originated with claims from a well-known election denier that have been widely debunked. This raises serious worries that Trump could direct the FBI to seize 2026 midterm ballot boxes based on a similarly spurious rationale. We talked to Lauren Groh-Wargo, head of the voting rights group Fair Fight Action. She explains who this election denier is, decodes the latest revelations about the FBI’s action in Georgia, walks through how Trump could attempt to disrupt the 2026 midterm vote count, and lays out ways that local officials—and the rest of us—can start preparing to fight back. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.9	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
1:18.2	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:33.8	As you may have heard, last month the FBI seized a lot of ballots from an election center in Fulton County, Georgia.
1:41.3	This raises serious worries that Donald Trump will use law enforcement to try to interfere somehow in the midterm elections.
1:46.7	Now this story's taken a darker turn, though. It turns out the FBI search was precipitated by a well-known election denier who constantly traffics and debunked claims
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