Top Democrats simulate election threats as Trump continues assault on voting

Senior Democrats including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with senators Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff, Mark Warner, Elissa Slotkin, and Raphael Warnock, recently participated in an exercise exploring election disruption scenarios. A team of legal experts led the wargaming session in a Washington DC conference room. The Guardian reports the gathering represented an effort to prepare for election-related threats that, until recently, would have seemed more like science fiction than plausible concern.

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