Trump Is Actively Plotting to Steal the Midterm Elections (And the Next Presidential One)

Obama Is Back • Tucker Carlson’s Potential Nepo Baby • Clarence Thomas Bails Out Lindsey Graham [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Trump Is Actively Plotting to Steal the Midterm Elections (And the Next Presidential One) Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Donald Trump has reportedly convened lawyers and advisers to challenge the midterm election results if they don’t go his way in November. “Yes, despite the fact that his attempt to steal the 2020 election is reportedly under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice,” Bess Levin [writes](. Trump reportedly has his sights set on Pennsylvania, where he sees a potential challenge as a “dress rehearsal” for 2024, according to a Rolling Stone source. Elsewhere, Eric Lutz [finds]( Barack Obama stepping off the sidelines in the final weeks before the midterms to assist Democrats in battleground Senate and gubernatorial races. Levin [reports]( on Clarence Thomas temporarily freezing a lower court order requiring Lindsey Graham to testify before a grand jury convened by Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis. Caleb Ecarma [observes]( a “parade of MAGA characters,” from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Donald Trump Jr., rushing to defend Tucker Carlson’s son from accusations of nepotism. Plus, Charlotte Klein [explains]( how Fox Corp.’s top legal officer has thrown a wrench in the company’s defense against two defamation suits brought by voting companies Smartmatic and Dominion. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Donald Trump, Suit, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, Apparel, Human, and Person]( [Trump Is Actively Plotting to Steal the Midterm Elections (And the Next Presidential One)]( By [Bess Levin]( [Per Rolling Stone, Trump has convened lawyers and advisers to scheme how to challenge the results in November if they don’t go his way. Yes, despite the fact that his attempt to steal the 2020 election is reportedly under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice.]( [Read more button](   [Barack Obama Is Back, and Democrats are Hoping He Can Push Their Most Vulnerable Candidates to Victory]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The former president—who remains a wildly popular figure in the Democratic Party—has already recorded TV ads for John Fetterman and Mandela Barnes, and plans to hit the road in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada to boost turnout.]( [Read more button](   [Clarence Thomas Bails Lindsey Graham Out of Testifying Against Trump, Because Of Course He Does]( By [Bess Levin]( [As a reminder, Thomas’s wife wanted the 2020 election overturned and maintains, to this day, that it was “stolen.”]( [Read more button](   [Trumpworld Scoffs at Allegations That Tucker Carlson’s Son Is a Nepotism Baby]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [Both Donald Trump Jr. and Marjorie Taylor Greene have swooped in to defend Buckley Carlson, the 25-year-old communications director for Jim Banks, after a GOP strategist suggested the aide was hired solely to burnish Banks’s conservative bona fides.]( [Read more button](   [Fox’s Own Lawyer Might Have Made Its Legal Woes Much Worse]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Fox Corp.’s top lawyer didn’t have a license to practice law in California until June, Semafor reports, which could potentially make otherwise privileged conversations he may have had with top Fox executives fair game for the voting companies—Smartmatic and Dominion—suing Fox for defamation.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast