Opinion The Key Players in Trump’s Plot to Upend the Election, MappedMs. Cottle is a member of the editorial board. Upending the outcome of a free and fair presidential election is no minor endeavor. It requires time, energy, money and, especially, an awful lot of people willing to do the wrong thing — or at least go along with it. What’s past is prologue with Mr. Trump. The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor.

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Persons: Cottle, Eisen, Maggiacomo, Donald Trump, Trump, autocrat Organizations: Brookings Institution, Republican