The Limits of Trump’s Midterm Trickery
A big night for the Democrats could stymie any efforts to interfere with the election.
Quinta Jurecic
Quinta Jurecic is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was previously a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. Her writing focuses on politics, democracy, the rule of law, and the internet.
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