The Department of Justice has filed 31 cases against 30 states and the District of Columbia regarding voter data.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The claim matches the extracted passage, which says 31 cases against 30 states and DC as of the September 2026 post. Multiple sources, including the AP and a University of Wisconsin tracker, report the same count of 31 lawsuits against 30 states plus Washington, D.C.
What was said
… confusion, the reason for this is, look at what's happened over the last 20 months, I'm going to go through a lot of those headlines, and we're going to talk about them just right now and for a second, so, for instance, the voter data cases as I mentioned, the DOJ filed 31 cases against 30 states and dc to date, 23 of those cases have been decided by the courts, and the DOJ's record in those cases is perfect they are 0 and 23. I'm a former DOJ lawyer. …
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Supports. The University of Wisconsin State Democracy Research Initiative tracker states that DOJ has filed 31 federal lawsuits against 30 states plus Washington, D.C., seeking voter data.[2]
Supports. AP reports that DOJ sued to force release of detailed state voter data in 30 states and the District of Columbia, which is consistent with 31 cases in total.[1]
Supports. CBS News reports that the Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits seeking states' voter data, and FindLaw reports 31 federal lawsuits against 30 states plus Washington, D.C.[3][4]
Context. Later coverage (Democracy Docket, October 2026) gives the same count of 30 states plus DC, and the extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage with no added scope.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maryland ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Tracker: DOJ Lawsuits Seeking States' Sensitive Voter Datastatedemocracy.law.wisc.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits seeking states' voter data. Here's where they stand.cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4DOJ Requests for State Voter Rollsfindlaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Court Cases - Maine DOJ Voter Data Access Challenge ...democracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: context
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