The Trump administration is putting the weight of the federal government behind his false claims about the 2020 election in order to investigate key swing states ahead of the midterms. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter focusing on elections, homes in on the states that have become the prime targets and why.

By Nick Corasaniti, Coleman Lowndes, James Surdam, Nikolay Nikolov and Rafaela Balster

March 12, 2026