DOJ wants do-over for ‘legally deficient’ demand for state voter rolls
The pleas for a re-do were derided by one state as a bid “to rescue their current, legally deficient demand.”
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Wyoming attorney seeks criminal probe of election chief for handing DOJ voters’ data
“When Secretary Gray released the unredacted [voter rolls] to DOJ, he willingly and knowingly released information that was confidential under Wyoming law,” the lawyer alleges.
DOJ said Vermont was violating federal voting laws. Asked for evidence, it couldn’t provide any
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) admitted it has no evidence that Vermont is not complying with federal voter roll maintenance laws — an admission that could further weaken its case for amassing voters’ sensitive data.
This week at Democracy Docket: Blue states are ‘Trump-proofing’ their elections, while red ones are restricting voting
We’ve been paying even closer attention than usual this week to Harmeet Dhillon, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights division chief who, reports suggest, could soon be in line for a promotion.
Lawsuit seeks to force DOJ to turn over communications with election deniers
A new lawsuit filed seeks to force the Justice Department to divulge communications between senior officials and prominent election deniers throughout the department’s ongoing efforts to obtain state voter rolls and relitigate President Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Trump DOJ now 0 for 4 on voter roll cases as court rejects Massachusetts lawsuit
A federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit demanding Massachusetts’ unredacted voter registration rolls Thursday, marking the fifth loss for the agency, with zero wins, out of 30 active cases.
Arizona GOP leader accuses state election officials of ‘obstruction’ in FBI election records probe
Arizona’s top Republican lawmaker accused the state’s Democratic attorney general and secretary of state of potentially committing federal crimes as they warn counties not to hand over sensitive voter data to Trump’s DOJ.
New filing: DOJ said it wouldn’t give state voter data to DHS — then admitted it would
It would be difficult enough for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to simultaneously litigate 30 lawsuits demanding states turn over their unredacted voter registration records, but the government’s attorneys nonetheless seem to insist on making things harder still by repeatedly contradicting themselves. Minnesota filed a notice to supplement the record Tuesday in the lawsuit brought […]
Harmeet Dhillon parties at wedding of Jan. 6 rally organizer amid reports of DOJ promotion
Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s civil rights chief and a potential candidate for promotion, attended the weekend wedding of Republican fundraiser Caroline Wren — a key organizer of the Jan. 6 rally.
Reports: DOJ Civil Rights chief Harmeet Dhillon to be promoted amid department shakeup
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon may be promoted to Associate Attorney General.
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