President Donald Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss.
Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman and Emma Brown
Washington | With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and Republican Party leaders, US President Donald Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss.
The President's orbit has grown more extreme as his more mainstream allies, including Attorney-General William Barr, have declined to endorse his increasingly radical plans to overturn the will of the voters. Mr Trump's unofficial election advisory council now includes a felon, adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a White House trade adviser and a Russian agent's former lover.
