How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

By Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica · October 28, 2026

In July, not long before President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address questioning the legitimacy of American elections, the pioneering conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell and about two dozen of her associates logged onto a private video briefing with the White House. Mitchell, who holds no formal…

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