Nearly 70 swing state officials poised to obstruct election certification: Report

(NewsNation) — Dozens of section predetermination officials successful America's key battleground states judge erstwhile President Donald Trump's stolen predetermination conspiracies and could endanger ideology this November, autarkic writer Justin Glawe told "NewsNation Prime."

Glawe, creator of the American Doom newsletter, penned his findings successful a caller Rolling Stone exclusive titled: "These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers."

The portion rounded up astir 70 pro-Trump authorities crossed the U.S., including region predetermination committee officials from Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada.

The full database is composed of officials who person either already refused to certify results oregon person expressed content successful predetermination conspiracy theories connected societal media.

"I should enactment that this isn't truly coming straight from the Trump campaign," Glawe clarified. "This is what I benignant of deliberation of arsenic a decentralized web of pro-Trump Republicans who are besides section predetermination officials."

Glawe explained that the predetermination certification process is "ministerial," meaning it's "not truly up to the discretion of these predetermination officials." But that won't halt them from trying.

"I deliberation that if determination are wide refusals to certify, they'll benignant of get struck down successful tribunal comparatively quickly," Glawe said. "But I deliberation the larger constituent is that those refusals to certify could truly bash immoderate beauteous important harm to the public's spot successful elections, and that, I think, is the larger danger."

Most of the believers are successful appointed, not elected, positions, a information Glawe hopes America's voters tin show successful the future.

"I deliberation the champion happening that radical tin bash is wage attraction to what their region predetermination boards are doing, and who is staffing those boards, and whether oregon not immoderate of these predetermination deniers are connected their boards," helium said.

President Joe Biden echoed these fears successful his archetypal cablegram interrogation since exiting the 2024 statesmanlike race.

During the CBS sit-down, Biden said he's unconfident determination volition beryllium a peaceful transportation of powerfulness successful November if Trump loses again, citing what the GOP campaigner is "doing with section predetermination districts wherever they number the votes."