Swamp Notes: Election denialism is still in style
FT News Briefing19 Okt 2024

Swamp Notes: Election denialism is still in style

The 2020 US election was one of the most contested in American history, and it culminated in an unprecedented attack on the US Capitol building by supporters of Donald Trump. FT data journalist Eva Xiao and US legal correspondent Joe Miller join this week’s Swamp Notes podcast to explain how Trump and his allies are preparing to challenge the 2024 vote, and what election officials around the country are doing to prepare.


Mentioned in this podcast:

How Trump allies are sowing election doubts

‘There are bad actors’: Trump’s nemesis fights to protect Georgia’s vote

America’s dead-heat Trump-Harris election

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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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