Overview
- Ty Cobb, who served as a White House attorney under President Trump, told MS NOW that he believes Trump intends to “steal” November’s midterm elections where possible.
- Cobb said Trump is holding about $400 million in campaign funds and is not directing it to down‑ballot races, which Cobb tied to his theory that the president plans to interfere rather than spend to help candidates.
- The administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower‑court block on a plan that would let the Postal Service refuse ballots from states that have not sent voter lists to a federal database and would require a uniform ballot envelope.
- The Republican National Committee is holding an unusual two‑day, non‑delegate midterm convention in Dallas with high donor fees reported and numerous Republican officials saying they will not attend.
- Reporters and analysts point to 2020 precedents — pressure on then‑Vice President Mike Pence and pardons for Jan. 6 defendants — as the backdrop for concerns that legal moves and party strategy could produce contested results or a constitutional crisis.