politics
Key 2020 election denier is still working to prove it was stolen — now from inside the White House
Kurt Olsen became a key player in some of President Donald Trump’s most far-fetched 2020 election reversal schemes because he believed “that something was not right” in how he saw election officials handle the presidential count in Fulton County, Georgia, and elsewhere.
TL;DR
- Kurt Olsen, who previously worked on 2020 election reversal schemes, is now the White House's director of election security and integrity.
- Olsen drafted the criminal referral that led to the FBI's seizure of Fulton County's 2020 ballots.
- He has direct access to President Trump and is reportedly working on a separate track to re-examine the 2020 election.
- Olsen's actions and influence have raised concerns among state election officials and Democratic lawmakers.
- Trump allies are pushing for an executive order that would give the federal government more power over elections.
- Olsen has been granted access to classified intelligence related to the 2020 election.
- Olsen previously worked on election fraud claims after the 2020 election and was sanctioned by the Arizona Supreme Court for making false claims.