MaddowBlog-Why Trump's former campaign lawyer is reportedly gaining access to foreign intelligence

[LetMyPeopleVote]

It’s tough to defend having a conspiratorial election lawyer, known for pushing debunked theories, gaining access to classified secrets.

The name Kurt Olsen is probably unfamiliar to most Americans, but he’s:
- Trump’s former campaign lawyer
- pushed discredited voter fraud claims
- gained access to highly classified intelligence as part of a crusade against the 2020 results
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-10T21:27:50.006Z

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The name Kurt Olsen is probably unfamiliar to most Americans, but he’s in a position the public probably ought to care about.

Olsen came to public prominence in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat as a campaign lawyer who pushed discredited and conspiratorial claims of voter fraud. Four months ago, however, the attorney took on a new job: He joined the Republican administration as a “special government employee” who would focus on the president’s defeat more than four years ago.....

Evidently, evidently, Olsen is getting what he requested. Politico reported:

President Donald Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer, known for pushing debunked theories of electoral fraud, according to four people with knowledge of the effort.

The intelligence that top U.S. spy agencies are furnishing to Kurt Olsen — now a temporary government employee in the White House — is meant to support a probe he is leading into whether Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was the result of fraud or other electoral irregularities, said the people, who, like others in this article, were granted anonymity for fear of retribution.

......With the “watch what they do, not what they say” maxim in mind, a focus on what Team Trump is doing presents an ugly and busy picture. The administration, just in recent weeks, has:

Deployed FBI agents to raid an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia

Seized voting equipment in Puerto Rico

Waged an aggressive campaign to acquire voter rolls from states that Democrats won

Organized an unnecessary FBI elections “briefing” for state officials

Provided Trump’s former campaign lawyer with classified information related to the 2020 race

The Olsen story, in other words, appears to be part of a larger campaign, driven by a president who still can’t accept the fact that he lost in 2020, all while announcing radical and unconstitutional ideas related to future elections. Watch this space.

[vapor2]

1. Can anyone tell me who hasn't sold us out ?

[Whyisthisstillclose]

2. It is beginning to look like a short list. Incredibly sad