Red states aren’t giving up on Trump’s anti-mail voting order
Filed in Washington, D.C., Thursday, the appeal marks the first major movement in the case since the midterm elections.
Filed in Washington, D.C., Thursday, the appeal marks the first major movement in the case since the midterm elections.
He takes over the job from Harmeet Dhillon, who oversaw the division’s pivot from its traditional mission of protecting voting rights to attacking them.
President Donald Trump nominated former federal election official Christy McCormick to serve as U.S. ambassador to North Macedonia, months after she faced calls to resign and revealed she was under investigation over inflammatory comments falsely accusing Democrats of relying on noncitizens to win elections.
Though Peltola is projected to win the race, Trump’s comments and recent actions taken by the DOJ suggest the administration may still try to block certification.
Trump’s mini-rant comes two days after he reposted several conspiracy theories that used cherry-picked data to suggest the results must have been manipulated.
It makes clear that MAGA election denialism remains alive and well heading into the Trump’s last two years in office.
Quiñones’ departure likely signals the end of the politically motivated investigation.
Trump called for Alaska to transfer to incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) all votes cast for a candidate with a similar name, Daniel J. Sullivan.
Harmeet Dhillon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump who led the administration to an uninterrupted string of courtroom defeats in its crusade for states’ unredacted voter rolls, has resigned as head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.
The DOJ is simultaneously claiming its threats to election officials have no legal power on their own while waging an aggressive legal campaign to force states to comply.
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