One was central to facilitating the bogus Cyber Ninjas audit of the 2020 vote in Maricopa County that found no evidence of voter fraud but cost taxpayers $4 million. Another is friends with a Covid-denying former boxer turned MAGA influencer who was filmed on the steps of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 shouting “1776.” Another was set to headline a rally with MyPillow founder and election denial funder Mike Lindell .

This is not a list of edgy MAGA influencers sharing hot takes on X, or podcast hosts on Rumble boosting wild conspiracy theories. No, this is a list of some of the Republican candidates running for attorney general in states across the US.

A WIRED review has identified a slate of GOP attorney general candidates in more than half a dozen states, including key swing states, who have repeatedly expressed their belief that the 2020 election was stolen.…