New video loaded: How will President Trump's election lies affect the 2026 midterm elections?
The Trump administration is putting federal weight behind false claims about the 2020 election as it investigates key battleground states ahead of the midterm elections. Nick Colasaniti, a New York Times reporter who focuses on elections, focuses on which states were the main targets and why.
Written by Nick Corasaniti, Coleman Lowndes, James Surdam, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster
March 12, 2026
