These States Responded to DOJ’s Requests For Voter Data
States are being slow and deliberate in their responses to DOJ’s demands for sensitive voter info.
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Trump Calls for New Census, Sans Noncitizens, Based On ‘Presidential Election of 2024’
President Donald Trump called for a new census this morning that does not count unlawful immigrants and uses “the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024.” Trump made a series of posts on Truth Social Thursday morning that ranged from a demand that the Intel Corporation CEO resign to bragging about newly […]
Senate Confirms Election Denying Fox Host as DC US Attorney
Senate Republicans were undeterred by former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro’s election denialism. They confirmed her nomination to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on Saturday night by a 50-45 vote. After agreeing with a guest on her radio show earlier this year that January 6 prosecutors should face criminal charges, Pirro will […]
At Briefing, White House Urges States to Use DHS Databases to Check Citizenship for Voting
The White House briefed state election officials on a revamped citizenship verification system Tuesday, selling them on an untested solution for a nearly nonexistent problem. Attended by a bipartisan group of more than a dozen secretaries of state and other election administrators, the briefing was led by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Director Joseph […]
Trump Fires Jobs Numbers Chief, Raising Fears That Employment Data Will Be Manipulated
President Trump said he fired the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after a jobs report showed weakening employment growth — a decline that many economists have attributed to his administration’s chaotic tariff policy.
DOJ Is Said to Plan to Contact All 50 States on Voting Systems
The National Association of Secretaries of State has been in contact with the DOJ about its outreach to states on voting data.
Maine Says It’s the Latest Target of DOJ’s Hunt For Voter Data
The DOJ has sent letters to more than a dozen states demanding access to sensitive voter data.
DOJ Demands Voter Data From Maryland and Michigan
The DOJ reportedly alluded to the possibility of a federal investigation in Maryland over the accuracy of its voter rolls.
DOJ Sent Its Latest Demand For Voter Data to the Wrong Person
The farcical error is one of numerous recent examples of sloppiness by the department in recent months.
Bondi Fires First Replacement After Judges Reject Habba Appointment
Bondi fired the first assistant U.S. attorney for New Jersey just hours after a panel of federal judges blocked Habba from continuing as the state’s top federal prosecutor.