Former Trump lawyer warns president may try to hijack midterm races

Ty Cobb, who managed the White House legal team during the Mueller investigation, warned that Donald Trump aims to “steal” the upcoming midterm elections wherever feasible. He explained that despite holding a $400 million campaign war chest, Trump has not spent it on the races, preferring to keep the money for personal projects while still planning to meddle in outcomes. Cobb said Republican lawmakers are shunning a Trump-ordered convention in Dallas, Texas, to avoid association with the president’s poor approval numbers.

He also raised the prospect that Speaker Mike Johnson could block the swearing-in of victorious Democratic candidates. The comments coincided with the administration’s request to the Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court order that restricts the Postal Service’s handling of mail-in ballots in states lacking a federal voter-list database. Additionally, Cobb criticized recent changes to the White House, likening the building to a “w---ehouse” mixed with Las Vegas décor.