Why is Trump Relitigating the 2020 Election?

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by new Dispatch contributor Stephen Richer, CEO of Republic Affairs and the former Maricopa County recorder, as well as John McCormack and Mike Warren to discuss the FBI seizure of Fulton County voter data, why Donald Trump is choosing to relitigate the 2020 election now, and what it portends for 2026 and 2028. The Agenda:—Fulton County election material seizure—Election “tapes,” explained—Post-2020 fraud investigations—Trump’s rhetoric on election integrity—The “2,000 mules” theory—Voter I.D. and the SAVE Act—NWYT: Winter Olympics The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠⁠⁠⁠by clicking here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Dispatch podcast is presented by Pacific Legal Foundation, suing the government since 1973.
0:07.3	Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes, joined today by my dispatch colleagues Mike Warren and John McCormick, as well as Stephen Richer, a dispatch contributor, former recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona, an adjunct fellow at the Cato Institute,
0:23.0	a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and CEO of Republic Affairs.
0:28.8	On this week's roundtable, we'll discuss the FBI's seizure of 2020 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia,
0:34.6	why the 2020 election is being relitigated nearly six years later.
0:38.9	We'll talk about voter ID and the Save Act.
0:41.5	And finally, not worth your time, the Winter Olympics.
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1:34.3	Thank you. Gentlemen, thank you for joining me this morning. I want to start with a really big picture question.
1:37.3	I think, you know, as I've had conversations with folks both in the DC area and then I've spent some time down in Florida in the past few weeks.
1:46.1	One of the things that comes up as we talk about what's going on in our politics day and current
1:50.6	events and the Trump administration is, why am I hearing now about Fulton County, Georgia?
1:57.1	Why is Fulton County in the news at all? Six years after Joe Biden was elected president and there was some controversy over Fulton County in that election.
2:07.2	This is going to be a weak way to start the program, but I don't have any good idea. I don't have any good explanation for why the president and why his team chose this month to re-engage with the 2020 election
2:20.3	and to seek a warrant in Fulton County for all the 2020 election materials.
2:27.0	But the president's been warring with Fulton County for a while since the 2020 election.
2:33.0	Fulton County has long been a critical part of some of our
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