How Trump dismantled federal election guardrails

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Published April 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM EDT

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People cast their ballots on the last day of early voting for the general election in Michigan at the Livingston Educational Service Agency in Howell, Michigan on November 3, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

A new investigation from ProPublica finds that President Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 election.

Story co-author Jen Fifield joins Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooks to explain the story.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.