The seemingly unstoppable conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump, “The Big Lie,” has led to direct threats on the lives of U.S. elections workers. VICE News politics reporter Madeleine May investigates who is behind it and how the threat of violence has become a form of protest in the lead up to the 2022 elections. 

This episode was reported by Madeleine May and produced by Steph Brown, Sam Greenspan and Sophie Kazis. 

Special thanks to Alexis Johnson, Brian Wheeler, Todd Zwillich, and Sebastian Walker who worked on this story which is part of VICE News’ ongoing series “Breaking the Vote.” Be sure to check out their coverage here.

VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, and Sam Greenspan. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. 

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