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Trump Administration Reports 1,600 Voter-Fraud Cases, 160 Arrests

The administration has redirected hundreds of federal workers as DOJ says prosecutions will rise significantly each week before Election Day.

  • On Tuesday, Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin reported the administration's initiative has identified about 1,600 voter-fraud cases and made 160 arrests, disclosed six weeks before Election Day.
  • President Donald Trump directed the administration to pivot federal resources and hundreds of investigators toward searching for illegal voting, treating it as a "tier one priority."
  • A federal whistleblower report alleges U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services staff were directed to misrepresent themselves on state lookup tools, while warning the initiative relies on unreliable data that could wrongly implicate U.S. citizens.
  • The 1,600 cases represent a tiny fraction of the nation's more than 211 million active registered voters, as election experts maintain noncitizen voting remains rare, while former officials warn such statistics fuel threats against election workers.
  • Prosecutions will "rise significantly each week going forward from now until the election," a Justice Department official said, while two election-related executive orders remain tied up in legal challenges.
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Despite intensive crackdown, voter fraud remains rare, experts say

A federal probe into state voter rolls aimed at identifying noncitizens has led to open voter fraud investigations and arrests, according to a Homeland Security official.

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Just the News broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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