An Old Classmate of Donald Trump Urges Action Against Alleged Election Threats Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old South Florida lawyer and longtime associate of Donald Trump, is urging the president to address what he describes as a looming threat to the integrity of this year’s midterm elections. Ticktin, who has known Trump since their days at the New York Military Academy in the 1960s, claims there is an “election emergency” unfolding, with foreign interests allegedly attempting to influence the November vote. He told Vanity Fair that he believes these external forces are “putting their thumb on the scale” to undermine the outcome. Ticktin, who previously falsely asserted that Trump won the 2020 election, has a history of representing individuals and groups linked to controversial political activities. He was involved in Trump’s 2022 lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, which alleged she participated in a racketeering scheme to sabotage the 2016 MAGA campaign. Currently, he represents a county clerk convicted of criminal charges for attempting to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden. Ticktin has also previously defended several participants in the January 6 Capitol riot and has faced disciplinary actions, including twice having his law license suspended for conflicts of interest and making unauthorized referral payments. Ticktin claims he first raised concerns about election integrity with Trump over a year ago and has since developed an “outline” for an executive order aimed at intervening in the midterms. The proposed measures include banning certain voting technologies, such as voter machines and mail ballots, though Ticktin stated he was not involved in drafting the full 17-page version of the order.#donald_trump #mark_warner #vanity_fair #jerome_corsi #peter_ticktin
Trump’s emergency elections order is ‘being prepared,’ key ally believes A prominent election denier and Trump ally, Jerome Corsi, has claimed that a plan to use an executive order to control elections is currently being prepared. Corsi, known for promoting conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s birthplace, made the remarks during a right-wing podcast. He argued that the scheme is rooted in the belief that Chinese operatives influenced the 2020 election, a claim widely dismissed as baseless. Corsi asserted that President Donald Trump remains committed to taking “strong executive action” to prevent what he calls “election theft” in the 2026 midterm elections. He emphasized that Trump would not allow the process to proceed without unilateral intervention, framing the executive order as a necessary measure to safeguard the election system. According to reports, Corsi and other anti-voting activists are working with the White House to draft an executive order that would grant Trump the power to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines. A leaked version of the draft, obtained by the advocacy group Democracy Docket, was published by conservative lawyer Peter Ticktin, a Trump ally. The document reportedly outlines procedures for the president to override election rules, citing alleged vulnerabilities in the voting infrastructure. Corsi also referenced a conspiracy theory involving Michigan voting machines from the 2020 election, which he claims could justify the emergency order. He claimed that algorithms within state voter registration databases could be exploited to create fake voter records, enabling fraudulent ballot schemes. This theory, however, has been repeatedly debunked by election officials and cybersecurity experts.#donald_trump #michigan #jerome_corsi #democracy_docket #peter_ticktin
