Trump Justice Dept breaks with tradition to intervene in midterms
The department is challenging about 20,000 California mail ballots and pressing an Alaska case over voter confusion, officials said.
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Cells sent by mail are organized during the counting process in San Diego, California, on October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake President Donald Trump's Justice Department has demonstrated a willingness to intervene directly in Tuesday's midterm elections (03), breaking with decades of practice designed to avoid the impression that its law enforcement powers are being used to benefit a political party or candidate.
THE Justice Department under Trump is meddling in congressional elections in California and Alaska, abandoning impartiality practices and drawing criticism about the politicization of the judiciary.
Trump Justice Dept breaks with tradition to intervene in midterms
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has shown a willingness to intervene directly in Tuesday's midterm elections, breaking with decades of practice meant to avoid the appearance that its law enforcement powers are ...
The U.S. Department of Justice, under President Donald Trumpe, has begun to intervene directly in the interim elections, moving away from a multi-year practice that does not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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