U.S. President Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he arrives at Miami International Airport in Florida, U.S., April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
An election lawyer shared a stark warning about President Donald Trump's Department of Justice as the department's losses in court continue to pile up.
Marc Elias, a voting rights attorney and founder of Democracy Docket, said during a new episode of the "Democracy Watch" podcast with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen that the Trump DOJ is becoming "desperate" as efforts to sway the 2026 midterms come up short in court after court. Elias said his firm has defeated the Trump administration in four of the 30 cases the DOJ is currently defending.
"The Department of Justice is getting more and more desperate as they lose these cases," Elias said. "The White House is becoming more erratic and more frantic."
Throughout his second administration, Trump has sought to use the DOJ as a political weapon. Reports indicate he fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi because she wasn't moving fast enough on prosecutions of Trump's foes, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.
Elias noted that Trump may seek new "stunts" to help him get out of the mess.
"Watch out because we're going to see Donald Trump do more stunts like the executive order that he signed, which I sued him over within 24 hours," Elias said, referring to Trump's recent executive order limiting mail-in voting.
"The reason why he did that executive order is that he's losing these lawsuits," Elias said. "And when he loses that lawsuit over the executive order and another handful of these cases, it's going to get worse."