The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the 2020 election and voter fraud.
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Consider This from NPRAug 28, 2026
The sources show that the Justice Department and DHS were investigating the 2020 election and alleged voter fraud as of late August 2026, including the Fulton County ballot seizure, a DOJ probe in Nevada, and DHS inquiries into alleged noncitizen voters.
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… The president notably has signed two executive orders, one aimed at new registration requirements, the other at voting by mail, and both at this point have been blocked by the courts. The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are both also investigating the 2020 election, as well as voter fraud more broadly, in novel new ways, and that has many experts and officials worried about what that effort could potentially look like as this election gets underway, specifically on this issue of potential law enforcement interference in either voting or vote counting. …
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Supports. The AP reports that the Justice Department seized ballots and election records related to the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia, and that the administration launched a sweeping investigation of that vote.[1]
Supports. Reuters reports that a federal investigation into the 2020 election spans the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Justice Department, DHS, and the FBI.[2]
Supports. Reuters reports that federal investigators collected voter records in Ohio and that the FBI sought voter information in Nevada as part of a Justice Department probe into the 2020 election; DHS says its agents are investigating election fraud.[3]
Supports. Votebeat reports that DHS is investigating potential noncitizens on voter rolls in several states, and that the FBI reopened 2020 election investigations in Fulton County, Maricopa County, and Wisconsin.[4]
Context. Multiple sources, including CNN and the Reuters item on California ballots, note that these investigations have not produced evidence overturning the 2020 result or showing widespread fraud, but the claim concerns whether the investigations are under way, not their findings.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1Stolen election rhetoric from Trump isn't new. His ability to act on those claims isapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2How Trump's obsession with ‘rigged' voting machines spread across US governmentreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3How Trump is moving to control US elections, one state at a timethedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Trump teases 'very big announcement' about elections, but ...votebeat.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Inside the Justice Department's pursuit of Trump's 2020 ...krdo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Trump administration takes California ballot fight to Supreme Courtrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
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