Trump Administration's Presidential Election Probes
After the FBI searched an election office in Georgia, the Trump administration continues to issue subpoenas and investigate the 2020 and 2024 elections.
Donald Trump’s administration is still attempting to investigate the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden.
Democratic election officials criticized Homeland Security leaders for lackluster support as the midterm election looms.
The Department of Homeland Security has said there may be more than 14,000 noncitizens registered to vote in the state but hasn’t said how it identified them.
Trump asserts there are 250,000 noncitizen voters in just four states, but the numbers don’t add up.
The president cited newly declassified documents as evidence of foreign interference in the 2020 election and vulnerabilities in voting systems, but election officials and experts say they stop short of supporting his claims.
The president will reportedly share declassified intelligence about voting machines and foreign interference in a speech to the nation on Thursday night.
The move leaves the federal agency with no commissioners as Trump seeks to reshape voting rules.
Election officials and experts say the letters look more like pressure than prosecution.
Federal agents are seeking information from a prominent progressive election rights group.
The Wisconsin case now stands all but alone in the mostly failed effort to prosecute Trump and his allies for their attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
Some experts say the FBI’s probes in Wisconsin and elsewhere could be a test run to challenge future election results.
Federal agents have contacted Wisconsin election officials as part of a broader review apparently tied to the 2020 election.
Municipal clerks are now preparing for the department’s next move.
The letter from the Department of Justice is the latest example of the federal government taking an unusual interest in past elections in swing states.
The FBI subpoenaed the Arizona Senate for records related to the controversial audit of election results in the state’s most populous county. The documents could include ballot images.
Secretaries of state gathered for a national conference emphasize confidence in election systems