It’s a right-wing conspiracy theory so stupid that even Bill Barr, former President Donald Trump’s slavishly loyal attorney general, laughed it off. And now the group of grifters behind the “2000 Mules” election lies could be on the hook legally.
It’s possible you have no clue what I’m talking about, so let’s bring you up to speed.
After Trump’s decisive loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election, a right-wing nonprofit group known as True the Vote began spreading baseless claims that widespread fraud swung the election in Biden’s favor. Some of the most outlandish claims were spread through a debunked film — titled “2000 Mules” — that the organization produced in collaboration with right-wing conspiracy theorist Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in 2014 and was pardoned by Trump four years later.
The film falsely claims that 2,000 paid operatives stuffed ballot boxes in battleground states with thousands of fake, pro-Biden absentee ballots. Multiple lawsuits and investigations have exposed the film’s claims as utter nonsense — including in Arizona, where Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, has now asked the FBI and the IRS to investigate True the Vote.
Oh, how the tables have turned.
In a letter Friday to federal authorities, Brnovich’s office said “further review” of True The Vote’s finances may be needed after the organization raised money off of demonstrably false claims. Brnovich had been an avowed Trump backer for years leading up to...
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