[2] He founded Democracy Docket, a website focused on voting rights and election litigation in the United States, in 2020, and he left his position as a partner at Perkins Coie to start the Elias Law Group in 2021.

[3] According to The New York Times, "Elias has arguably done more than any single person outside government to shape the Democratic Party and the rules under which all campaigns and elections in the United States are conducted.

[15] According to The Washington Post, in April 2016, Elias hired Fusion GPS on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign to create the research that resulted in the Steele dossier.

[16] Elias served as "the point person to fund opposition research that produced salacious — but ultimately largely debunked — claims about Mr. Trump's ties to Russia.

The Durham prosecution called Elias to testify at the outset of the trial, apparently to reinforce what it contended was an effort by Sussmann and the Clinton campaign to draw FBI and press attention to potential communications between computer servers at the Russian Alfa-Bank and the Trump Organization.

[23][24] In the fall of 2023, Elias was retained by American Bridge 21st Century to vet ballot access efforts by independent and third-party candidates in the 2024 United States presidential election.

"[4] That same year, Elias petitioned the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to allow a George Soros-funded political action committee to coordinate with Democratic campaigns.

The FEC approved the request, which consequently allowed Donald Trump to immediately begin working with groups funded by billionaires like Elon Musk on canvassing operations targeting swing state voters.

"[4] Elias's tactics have been criticized by legal scholar Richard L. Hasen who has written a blog post outlining the differences in approaches to defending election law.

His attorney Paul Clement claimed that the panel's action was unprecedented and Elias had made good-faith mistakes rather than engaged in egregious misconduct for which appellate courts typically impose sanctions.

[30][31] During a December 2021 episode of his "War Room" podcast, former Trump strategic advisor Steve Bannon said, "One thing about Marc Elias, he's pure evil, but, man, that brother is smart, tough.