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Overview
- In a podcast interview, Trump called for Republicans to take control of election administration in at least 15 states and again claimed he won in 2020.
- A day later at the White House, he said the federal government should supervise state-run elections and described states as agents of the federal government, prompting criticism from some Republicans and warnings from Democrats.
- The Justice Department has demanded complete voter lists from multiple states, including Minnesota, as part of an effort to assemble a national voter file.
- FBI agents last week seized 2020 ballots and records at the Fulton County, Georgia, election office; intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard said Trump directed her to Atlanta and connected him by phone to agents.
- Courts have already blocked his March decree seeking stricter ID and mail-ballot rules, and a 2024 Georgia audit found negligible noncitizen voting, undermining claims used to justify expanded federal control.