No. of Recommendations: 2
DO YOU REALLY THINK that this administration is going to allow elections that would open the gates to their arrests and prosecutions?
Do you really think this?
No. But I would challenge your assumptions:
1) The administration doesn't have a ton of control over the elections. Elections are run by the states. Virtually none of the toss-up elections in the midterms are in purely red state. Most are in swing states. The competitive House races are in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Of those, only Iowa, Ohio and Texas are completely red - only 5 of the 18 seats are in those states. The Administration at best can try to influence those elections, but they don't get the choice of whether to "allow" them to be held - or held in a given manner.
2) The results of this election won't open the gates to their arrests and prosecutions. Republicans will control the DOJ for the next two years after the election. They'd rather win the midterms than not, of course - but no one is going to face a materially higher risk of prosecution if the Democrats take the House in 2026.
3) From points #1 and #2, because even federal elections are implemented by states, under state law, the risk to everyone in the Administration is far higher if they try to unlawfully tamper with the state elections than if they just sit back. For federal crimes, they've got a two and a half year delay and a President with pardon power. For state crimes, they have very little protection. So even if they'll use every legal means at their disposal to tilt the playing field in their favor, self-preservation counsels towards letting the elections happen rather than doing anything material to try to change the outcome.
