Tamar Hagler served as Chief of the Voting Section at the Department of Justice for 25 years.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The extracted claim says Hagler served as Chief of the Voting Section for 25 years, but the post says only that she was a former chief and that she "was there for 25 years" (at DOJ), so the claim departs from the passage.
What was said
… I'll just briefly bring up the monitors also. I know there's been a lot of concern about that. I've been a DOJ monitor. I've probably been in roughly 4,000 precincts in my career, and I only served there for seven years. I have, uhm, people on my team, former DOJ lawyers, uh, Tamar Hagler, former Chief of the Voting Section, who probably did it much more. She was there for 25 years. Uhm, monitors are not unusual. It happens all the time. They are still subject to the rules regarding the polling place. They are there to serve as a fly on the wall, and they are allowed to document but not interfere. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Multiple sources identify Tamar Hagler as chief of the Voting Section at the DOJ Civil Rights Division, including an EAC advisory board roster and an April 2025 Election Law Blog report on her reassignment.[1][4]
Context. A April 2025 New Republic report says Hagler had served as chief of the voting section and was reassigned alongside other career managers, but it gives no start date or length of service.[5]
Context. No source states how many years Hagler worked at the DOJ or as Chief of the Voting Section, so the 25-year figure cannot be checked against the sources.[1][2][3][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 3 primary, 2 not rated
- 1[PDF] Board of Advisors Roster - U.S. Election Assistance Commissioneac.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 2Statement of Interest- Singleton v. Allen, Milligan ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 31congress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4"Trump’s justice department appointees remove managers of voting unit" #ELBelectionlawblog.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Federal Workers in Charge of Trump Terminations Also Firing Themselvesnewrepublic.com · not rated · cited for: context
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