Federal Agencies Probe 2026 Voting Claims as Trump Revives 2020 Election Conspiracies
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 17
Federal Agencies Probe 2026 Voting Claims as Trump Revives 2020 Election Conspiracies
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 17
Summary
Hundreds of federal investigators have been assigned this year to search for noncitizen voters, bringing Trump’s unproven election-fraud claims into the machinery of government ahead of the 2026 midterms.
In July, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance warning nursing-home staff against coercing residents’ votes, a move voting-rights advocates said could chill lawful assistance for elderly voters.
The actions echo Trump’s false 2020 assertions that Wisconsin nursing homes produced “thousands and thousands” of crooked votes and that mail voting is inherently corrupt.
Those carryover theories have fueled fears the administration could use federal power to cast doubt on the election, suppress participation or later challenge the legitimacy of the results.