The Democratic Party’s dark money lawfare guru, Marc Elias, fears being targeted by President-elect Donald J. Trump and Kash Patel, his nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In a recent column, Elias—who most recently pushed election denial claims by both Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign and now-defeated Senator Bob Casey Jr.—laments many of the media voices that have platformed him have gone silent following Trump’s landslide election victory.
“I understand it. I feel it. Like others, I fear the threat of government retribution, political vengeance, and an angry right-wing mob,” Elias says. He continues: “But I know that giving into it will only strengthen Trump and undermine the future of our democracy. Trump wants us to be scared. He wants us to give up—gradually and then suddenly.”
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Elias also noted that Kash Patel brands him as “the enemy of the Republican Party because he always finds a way to win…” However, Elias leaves out that Patel—speaking with Stephen K. Bannon on War Room, argued the real victory would be convincing Elias to switch sides because of his expertise in lawfare.
The National Pulse has reported extensively on Elias’s activities. In August, the lawfare guru was added to the Harris campaign’s vast legal team to challenge state election laws and tilt the rules in their favor. Additionally, Elias—who was a participant in the Russia collusion hoax—is working to carve out a new avenue for backing candidates through dark money-funded websites presenting as media outlets. Elias’s law firm is representing a liberal political website that claims to be a legitimate news outlet despite its primary content and activities more closely resembling a Super PAC.
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