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‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer Hired for 2020 Investigation

The Wall Street Journal

October 18, 2025

A former Trump campaign lawyer who worked on the effort to overturn the 2020 election results has joined the administration to investigate

- By Josh Dawsey, Eliza Collins and C. Ryan Barber

Kurt Olsen unsuccessfully pushed claims of voter fraud after the 2020 presidential election.

that year’s election and voting-related issues, people familiar with the matter said.

This story is from the October 18, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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