Michigan refuses Trump administration demand for 2024 election ballots
The demand covers about 865,000 ballots and related records, and Michigan officials say the request targets the wrong office.
- On Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett demanding all 2024 ballots and election records, giving her 14 days to comply or face potential court action.
- The DOJ cited a "history of fraud convictions" and other allegations to justify the demand, though officials noted the three referenced cases were not from the 2024 election.
- Attorney General Dana Nessel called the request "absurd as it is baseless," noting that ballots are held by 43 local clerks, not Garrett.
- Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson stated the administration aims to "sow seeds of doubt about the legitimacy of the results this November and in 2028," vowing, "We won't be intimidated by these tactics."
- Similar federal pressure has led at least 12 states to hand over voter data, while the FBI previously seized election materials in Fulton County, Georgia, escalating national investigation efforts.
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The New York LedgerJustice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records
The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that Michigan's Wayne County turn over all its ballots from the 2024 election just weeks after it made similar requests in Georgia and Arizona.
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US Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records
The U.S. Justice Department has demanded hundreds of thousands of ballots and related records from the Detroit area from the 2024 election.
Key swing state obliterates Trump's 'absurd' election interference demand
President Donald Trump's crusade to prove his false claims about election fraud and pave the way for future interference fell flat, according to a report from The New Republic, with leaders in Michigan rebuking his latest demand for Detroit-area ballots as "absurd."Last week, the Department of Justice sent a letter, signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, demanding materials relating to the 2024 election from Wayne County, the hom…
Michigan defies DOJ demand for Detroit-area 2024 ballots
Michigan’s top officials denounced a Justice Department demand for Detroit-area 2024 election ballots as a “troubling pattern” of federal search warrants. It is the department’s third demand sent to investigate voter fraud claims linked to the 2024 election. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon requested all ballot-related information from the Wayne County clerk as part of an investigation into voter fraud, according to a copy Michigan’s …
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