Trump Pressed States for Info on Millions of Voters in the Midterms. It's Mostly Failed.
Judge Sooknanan said the Justice Department investigated every registered voter without specific evidence and violated the Privacy Act by sharing records with ICE.
- District of Columbia District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan declared the Trump administration's project to transfer sensitive voter records to the Department of Homeland Security illegal last week, ruling the practice violated the Privacy Act.
- Watchdog group Democracy Forward released internal reports showing Homeland Security Investigations received nearly 51 million Justice Department records after the department pressured or sued states for their voter rolls.
- Judge Sooknanan noted the challenged policy represented an attempt to decide who gets to vote, writing that Justice Department legal arguments suggested "every American citizen who registers to vote is the subject of a voter fraud investigation."
- Common Cause president and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón called the decision "a victory for voters," while Justice Department spokesperson Kiersten Pels said in an email the department was reviewing the ruling.
- U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland is considering a separate lawsuit regarding state citizenship lists as legal confrontations persist; the Justice Department has lost at least 23 district court lawsuits seeking voter data.
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Trump’s voter-data collection scheme is an illegal nationwide ‘dragnet,’ judge rules
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states for their voters’ information and then, according to court […]
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It's mostly failed. • West Virginia Watch
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge.
Nebraska Examiner
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It's mostly failed.
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states for their voters’ information and then, according to court […]
Alaska Beacon
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states for their voters’ information and then, according to court […]
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It's mostly failed. • Washington State Standard
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states for their voters’ information and then, according to court […]
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