(CNN)In case there was ever any doubt, former President Donald Trump is going to be front and center in the midterm elections.
The developments of the past couple weeks have made that clearer than ever. The FBI's execution of a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate roughly 90 days out from the November elections has blotted out the sun this week -- and likely will for the foreseeable future -- with Republicans circling the wagons around the former President in a way they haven't since the last election.
On Friday, a judge unsealed the search warrant and related documents, which revealed that the FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from Trump's Florida home.
Trump's sway within the GOP was once again put to the test as the primary season picked back up this month. He saw widespread success over the last two weeks, with his endorsed candidates winning major Republican primaries in the key battleground states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin.
And this year's primaries have underscored the degree to which the GOP has embraced Trump's pet cause: false claims of election fraud. CNN's Daniel Dale reported that at least 20 Republican gubernatorial nominees and at least 10 secretary of state nominees have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
Democrats would welcome a larger role for Trump with open arms. Midterm elections are usually a referendum on the party in power, especially in a president's first term. Even as Democrats have seen some recent ...
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