FBI raids well-known Ohio voting-rights group: Capitol Letter
Agents also interviewed people statewide and seized phones and laptops, while Ohio lawmakers said the searches could intimidate voting-rights groups before the midterm elections.
- On Thursday, The FBI searched the Cleveland offices of The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, an advocacy group focused on voting and labor rights, while agents interviewed staff and seized electronic devices across the state.
- These raids follow recent federal actions, including seizing Georgia ballots and DOJ lawsuits for voter registration data, which critics argue represent a systematic attempt to intimidate voting rights organizations ahead of midterm elections.
- Ohio Democratic Rep. Shontel Brown and Rep. Emilia Sykes condemned the searches as an "unprecedented attack on democracy," while Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown called the action "disturbing."
- Labor historian Joseph Wilson called the raids an "act of desperation," while Michael Waldman, CEO of the Brennan Center, described the activity as an "outrageous fishing expedition" targeting democracy.
- Democratic campaign consultant Jerry Austin suggested the raid indicates administration desperation, noting Ohio "must be in play" in 2026 because "they wouldn't be coming to a state that President Donald Trump won three times.
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Federal investigators executed search warrants at the headquarters of a Soros-aligned voter mobilization organization in Ohio as part of what sources described as an ongoing […] Source
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