David Frum

By the way, in Tina Peter's case, she was convicted under state law, correct?

So Trump can't just pardon her.

He has to muscle the state of Colorado into somehow releasing her.

Now, let's go to the forward-looking part of this.

Are we seeing in Georgia some kind of dress rehearsal for using the muscle of the federal government and the military or other assets to intervene in state-run elections in 2026 and try to stave off what otherwise looks like a likely Republican defeat if the elections are allowed to be free and fair?

And the scheme seems to be find some way by looking backwards to 2020 to prevent the elections of 2026 from being free and fair.

of how elections are administered.

Something most of us don't pay attention to because we just think, go vote.

The votes get counted.

We believe what they say.

Sometimes the one we want wins, and we're happy.

And sometimes the one we want doesn't win, and we say, wait till next time.

But going inside the box, supposing you... I'm not going to ask you to say anything that probably the people...

who would abuse this information don't already know.

But you're at a tabletop exercise and you're invited in the name of election hardening to say, we want you to play the other team.

We want you to play the leader of the team that is trying to cheat in 2026.

Knowing on the basis of what your knowledge, what would be your scheme

for interventions to sway the result against the will of the people in 2026 if you had to tabletop that exercise?

Well, a lot depends on whether the 26 elections are close or not close.

I mean, if we're in a true wave and 40