| How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump's 'Big Lie' Into a Movement Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Source images: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images. In July, not long before President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address questioning the legitimacy of American elections, the pioneering conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell and about two dozen of her associates logged onto a private video briefing with the White House. |