How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement by Doug Bock Clark October 28, 2026, 5:00 am

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement by Doug Bock Clark October 28, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/cleta-mitchell-elections-trump?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections. Reporting Highlights Hidden Hand: Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell has shaped virtually every aspect of the Trump administration’s norm-busting agenda on American elections. Movement Builder: After working to overturn Trump’s 2020 defeat, Mitchell forged a national grassroots movement to overhaul voting. Some of her allies now hold top administration jobs. More Drastic Steps: With the midterms approaching, Mitchell has pressed the Trump administration to take actions that even some who’ve worked with her say go too far.