Dana Taylor

Some in the media have suggested that this raid is now evidence that the White House is now directly running the FBI.

Aisha, is there any precedent for this?

How might all this impact the high-stakes midterms happening later this year?

Is the Trump administration laying the groundwork to challenge those results in November?

I want to turn the focus now to recent statements President Trump has made on two occasions that elections in 15 states should be nationalized.

Here's what he said in the Oval Office last Tuesday.

Let's give a listen.

Aisha Bakshi is a USA Today Justice Department correspondent.

Thank you so much for joining me on The Excerpt, Aisha.

Thanks to our senior producer, Kayleigh Monaghan, for her production assistance.

Our executive producer is Laura Beatty.

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Thanks for listening.

I'm Dana Taylor.

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