Donald Trump has not arrested anyone for voter fraud in the last two years.
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REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026
The claim is contradicted by reliable sources showing the Trump administration's DHS, ICE and DOJ have made voter-fraud arrests during his term, including about 160 arrests reported by AP and 11 arrests in a 28-person California charging action reported by the NYT.
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… Yeah, now, I don't i mean, is that gonna be taxed? Where you know what I'm saying? How does this work? It ain't gonna be need to be taxed because it ain't gonna happen, because they can arrest nobody. That's the fucking problem here. You've been in power for two fucking years, bro, and you haven't had you haven't arrested fucking anybody, bro. You haven't arrested Dr. Fauci, who's the fucking biggest criminal that's walking the face. Where's that at, dude? Go up there and fucking tell people what you've done, okay? …
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. AP reports that a Trump administration effort to prosecute noncitizen voting has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases and 160 arrests, per an HSI senior official's September 2026 briefing.[1][3]
Contradicts. An ICE press release dated 2026-10-29 announces the arrest of dozens of individuals in connection with alleged voter fraud and election-related offenses, stating this is part of ICE's work under President Trump's leadership.[2]
Contradicts. The Justice Department charged 28 California residents with voting-related crimes in October 2026, and 11 had already been arrested, according to the New York Times.[4]
Context. Coverage consistently describes these arrests as scattered and small in number relative to the administration's earlier claims of mass noncitizen voting, so the arrests are real but modest in scale.[1][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rareapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Dozens of illegal aliens arrested in nationwide voter fraud crackdownice.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Trump's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. That shows it's rare, experts saypbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 4DOJ Charges 28 California Residents With Voting-Related Crimes Amid Trump’s Voter Fraud Pushnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5Why Trump’s big claims of voter fraud have yielded so few prosecutions | CNN Politicsus.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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