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Trump Legal Goon’s ‘Absurd’ Election Demand Hit With Scathing Rejection
April 20, 2026
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Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesA top MAGA conspiracy theorist now in the running to become President Donald Trump’s next attorney general just received a setback to her efforts to shore up the president’s debunked claims of rigging at the 2024 polls. “This request is as absurd as it is baseless,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote in her rebuke to a Justice Department letter, authored by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, demanding ballots and other election materials concerning Trump’s historic loss to Joe Biden.
“If this administration wants to bring this circus to our state, my office is prepared to protect the people’s right to vote,” Nessel, a Democrat, added, underscoring her determination to push back against the Trump administration’s efforts to sow doubt over the integrity of U.S. elections ahead of what promises to be a bruising midterms battle.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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