Former Trump White House Lawyer Says President Will ‘Steal These Elections Where Possible’ in November

Ty Cobb, a former attorney who served during President Donald Trump’s first term, said the president will “steal” November’s midterm elections in areas wherever he can.

Cobb appeared on Thursday’s episode of The Beat on MS NOW, where host Ari Melber asked about the unusual midterm convention Trump has ordered held next week in Dallas. The Republican National Committee, which is hosting the event, has recommended GOP candidates who attend pay $25,000 a head. Melber aired a clip of one former Republican governor saying he had never heard of such a thing. Many Republicans have said they will not attend.

Trump, who is historically unpopular across many polls, has reportedly told aides he wants to make the midterms a referendum on his record.

“You’ve been in Trump’s White House,” Melber said to Cobb. “This doesn’t seem strategic. And how significant is it that so many Republicans are saying no?”

“Well, I think the Republicans who are saying no are being strategic,” Cobb replied. “This is a president whose approval ratings are in the tank. And they’re doing the best they can to distance themselves from him, not aggressively and certainly not directly, but to the extent that they can get their constituents to focus on their records, not the president’s record.”

Cobb then pivoted to the mail-in ballot matter:

But at the same time, he’s sitting on $400 million in campaign money that he could donate to some of these elections. And he’s not. The thinking is that he would rather keep it for his presidential library or other personal interests. But it also plays into a narrative that I think people are undervaluing, which is I think Trump doesn’t feel he needs to spend this money because it is his intention to interfere with the elections and to steal these elections where possible.

He went on to float the possibility that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would refuse to swear in Democratic candidates who won their elections.

On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court order that has delayed implementation of its plan to restrict mail-in ballots. Under the scheme, the U.S. Postal Service could refuse to deliver ballots in states that have not submitted lists of eligible voters to a federal database that is apparently not yet set up. The plan also requires states to adhere to a uniform envelope style.

Watch above via MS NOW.

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