Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 31, 2026, directing the Department of Justice to prioritize the prosecution of election officials and workers who allow ineligible people to vote.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 20, 2026
The claim matches the text of Executive Order 14399, signed March 31, 2026, which directs the Attorney General to prioritize investigating and prosecuting State and local election officials who issue Federal ballots to ineligible individuals.
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… I mean, the thing about illegal voting is, it's already illegal, and it's already prosecuted aggressively when it happens by people on all sides of the partisan divide. So what is this really about? There's about two things. The first is, you have to go back to March 31st, 2026. Donald Trump issues an executive order. As part of that executive order, which we challenged in court and struck down part of, but there was a part that survived, and that was a directive by the president to Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice to prioritize the prosecution of election officials and election workers who allow illegal voters to vote, or people not eligible to vote to vote. So this was an extraordinary executive order, because it didn't target the people who shouldn't be voting. It actually targeted the election officials. Now, fast forward: what did you just watch? You watched a Trump-appointed U.S. …
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Supports. The Federal Register and GovInfo texts of EO 14399, dated March 31, 2026, direct the Attorney General to prioritize prosecution of State and local officials who issue Federal ballots to individuals not eligible to vote.[3][4]
Supports. AP and Reuters reported that President Trump signed the election-related executive order on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, drawing immediate legal threats.[1][2]
Context. A federal judge in Boston blocked implementation of the March 31 order on June 25, 2026, which is at odds with the post's account that only part of the order was struck down; the claim itself concerns the order's directive, not its current legal status.[5][6]
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6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Trump signs order tightening mail-in voting, drawing swift ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter listapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ...federalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Executive Order 14399—Ensuring Citizenship Verification and ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Trump's mail-in voting order halted by judge, impacting 2026 electionsusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6June 25, 2026 Press Release - ag.state.mn.usag.state.mn.us · not rated · cited for: context
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