Trump Action Archive

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• Justice Department threatened state election officials with criminal prosecution — On Tuesday, the Justice Department sent letters to all 50 states and Washington, D.C., warning election officials they could face criminal prosecution if they knowingly allow noncitizens to remain on voter rolls or cast ballots. Officials were given five days to explain compliance. Election law experts noted noncitizen voting is already illegal, studies show it is rare, and DOJ has not won a single lawsuit seeking state voter roll access. Experts characterized the letters as intimidation ahead of November's midterms rather than the start of prosecutions.
• DOJ threatens state election officials with criminal charges over voter data and noncitizen voting claims — The U.S. Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, sent letters to all 50 states and D.C. threatening potential criminal charges against state election officials who fail to comply with federal demands regarding noncitizen voting. The letters, signed by Harmeet K. Dhillon (head of the civil rights division), cite federal law and criminal liability, demanding states respond within five days on compliance measures. State officials from both parties rejected the threats as intimidation and noted courts have repeatedly ruled similar federal demands for voter data illegal.
• Department of Justice sent intimidating letters to state election officials — The Department of Justice, through Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, sent letters to election officials in all fifty states and Washington, D.C., warning of potential criminal prosecution if noncitizens vote and demanding they detail how they will maintain "clean voter lists" within five days. This followed federal court orders prohibiting the administration from seizing state voter lists for a noncitizen-identification program.

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• Texas attorney general seeks jail for Beto O'Rourke for defying fundraising order — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion asking a judge to jail former congressman Beto O'Rourke and fine him $500 per instance for allegedly violating a court order that barred him and his political group, Powered by People, from fundraising to support Texas Democrats who fled the state to block passage of a Republican-drawn congressional map. O'Rourke's legal team disputed the characterization, claiming the order only barred non-political fundraising, and accused Paxton of misrepresenting statements to the court.

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• US Justice Department to review Tina Peters' conviction — The US Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, announced a review of the conviction of Tina Peters, a former election clerk from Colorado. Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for her involvement in a voting system data-breach scheme. The review will assess whether the prosecution was politically motivated rather than focused on justice. This action follows a Trump executive order aimed at ending the perceived weaponization of the federal government. The review will consider the length of Peters' sentence and the denial of bail during her appeal process.