A former senior Trump administration official warned Tuesday of a potential midterm plot by the Trump administration involving “ballot-snatchers,” one they argued the White House was already laying the groundwork for. And in June, reports surfaced of the administration’s plans to “ blackmail ” states into handing over their voter rolls to the federal government. Regarding the Trump administration’s “blackmail” operation, 33 states and the District of Columbia have refused to comply, leading the Trump administration to sue . “In my opinion, the Trump administration is preparing the rationale for its future warrant affidavits to go seize ballots in these ‘non-compliant’ states,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published Tuesday on his Substack. The ensuing chaos of enacting such a plan, he also warned, would play in the Trump administration’s favor.