The Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

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True the Vote, the election denial group responsible for the debunked film 2000 Mules that falsely alleged election fraud in the 2020 election, is preparing to release a new movie. As President Donald Trump continues to threaten the midterms, the new film is set to relitigate the 2020 election, making allegations about systemic election fraud in Black communities—allegations that have already been dismissed by multiple courts.

True the Vote appears to be working with Lorenzo Sewell, a pastor from Detroit who spoke at Trump’s inauguration last year. Sewell told WIRED the documentary, which he has not seen yet, is called Trap—”because people are trapped”—and will be released “in the next month or so.”

The film is set to repeat many of the claims first made in a 2024 lawsuitfiled by Detroit political activist Ramon Jackson, who claimed that Democratic election officials, including Michigan secretary of...

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