Cleta Mitchell and Trump's election denial movement
The gist
ProPublica detailed how conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell built a national election-denial network.
Her allies now hold administration jobs as midterm fraud claims take shape.
How it unfolded
- 2020Two days after the election, Mitchell emailed law professor John Eastman that 'a movement is stirring' but needed constitutional support.
- 2020Mitchell recruited Eastman, a longtime friend, to draft a framework for alternate electors in swing states Trump lost.
- Oct 2026Tina Peters, a former Colorado clerk convicted of tampering with voting equipment, met with Trump at the White House.