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True88% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Department of Justice sued 30 states plus the District of Columbia to obtain sensitive voter list information.Said by CMultiple sources from April to August 2026 state the DOJ sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to hand over voter registration lists that include sensitive data such as driver's license and partial Social Security numbers, which matches the claim as of 2026-09-16. The post briefly said '31 states' before correcting itself to '30 states plus dc', and the extracted claim follows the corrected figure.True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026In January 2026, the FBI executed a warrant on the Fulton County Election Office to seize information from the 2020 election.Said by CMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, CNN, NPR, Politico) confirm the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office on January 28, 2026, seeking and seizing records tied to the 2020 election. The claim's January date, actor, target, and purpose all match the sources; the 'five and a half years ago' phrasing is consistent with the post date and is not a material element.True70% confidence8 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Supreme Court eviscerated the last remaining sections of the Voting Rights Act in the Calais decision earlier this year.Said by CThe Supreme Court's April 29, 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais significantly narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last major provision of the law after Section 5 was gutted in 2013, and several sources describe it as gutting or hollowing out what remained. "Eviscerated" is a characterization, and the extraction dropped the post's hedge "basically," but the core assertion is supported.True95% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Trump administration fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission.Said by CMultiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, The Hill, NBC) report that the White House confirmed Trump ousted the remaining Election Assistance Commission members in July 2026: two Democrats were fired and the lone remaining Republican was forced to resign, leaving the commission with zero sitting commissioners. The claim is supported; the fired-versus-resigned distinction for the Republican member is a peripheral detail that the sources describe as forced out, not a contradiction.True80% confidence9 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI sent agents to knock on the doors of people who worked the polls in 2020 in Milwaukee under the direction of Cash Patel.Said by CMultiple sources report that FBI agents, under FBI Director Kash Patel, made unannounced home visits in the Milwaukee area in 2026 as part of a probe into the 2020 election, including visits to a 2020 Milwaukee poll worker (David Bolter) and to election officials. The claim's core assertion is supported; the sources describe the visits as aimed at election officials as well as poll workers, which is a minor scope difference.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Election Assistance Commission currently has zero commissioners.Said by CReuters (July 2026) reports the White House removed the last Democratic commissioners and a Republican resigned, leaving the four-member EAC with no sitting commissioners. A Congressional Research Service report published 2026-09-01 independently says the commission was left without members, so the claim held on the 2026-09-16 posting date. The post's wording matches the claim, so no extraction departure applies. The sources do not show any change before the check date.True75% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI surged personnel from every field office in the country to conduct an investigation in Georgia this summer.Said by CMultiple sources report that in early July 2026 the FBI ordered all of its field offices to surge hundreds of analysts to a priority investigation into Georgia's 2020 election, which fits the claim's core assertion. The sources say 'across the country' and 'all field offices' rather than literally every office, and the claim's 'some kind of investigation' wording was faithfully extracted from the post.True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Justice Department sent letters to election officials in every state threatening them over non-citizen voting.Said by CNBC News and the Philadelphia Inquirer (citing the New York Times) report that the Justice Department sent letters to election officials in all 50 states and DC in July 2026, warning of criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting. The claim matches the post's 'every single state' wording, and no source contradicts it.True88% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026The President gave a prime time speech on July 16th regarding election fraud evidence.Said by CMultiple tier1 sources confirm President Trump gave a prime-time address on July 16, 2026, focused on election security and fraud claims, and that the White House framed it as presenting evidence. The sources also report the speech offered no evidence of vote tampering, so the claim is accurate on the speech's date and subject but would mislead if read as saying evidence was actually presented.True97% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026North Dakota does not have voter registration.Said by CThe claim that North Dakota does not have voter registration is directly confirmed by multiple primary and tier-1 sources, including the state's Secretary of State (2026), the EAC (2026), and Vote.gov (2024). The claim faithfully matches the passage, which says North Dakota doesn't have voter registration, and the sources are consistent across 2018 to 2026.True85% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Department of Homeland Security threatened states with fines and charges over election measures.Said by CReuters reporting from July 17, 2026 says DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened state officials with fines and criminal charges if they did not comply with election security measures, and the claim matches the post's wording faithfully. Other outlets repeat the same Reuters account, and Politico (tier 2) separately describes DHS threats toward states that refused to hand over voter rolls, so the core assertion is well supported, though the Reuters-derived copies are not independent of one another.True90% confidence8 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Justice Department is recruiting approximately 1,000 monitors to observe polls this year.Said by CMultiple independent reliable sources (AP, PBS, LA Times, Reuters, Atlantic, Votebeat) report the Justice Department is deploying about 1,000 monitors to observe the November 2026 midterm polls, per DOJ spokesperson Kiersten Pels and a senior DOJ official. The claim's 'this year' and 'approximately 1,000' match the record; the claim is accurately extracted from the passage, which called it 'a thousand monitors to observe things at the polls this year', and the record was reported as of the 2026-09-16 posting date only in part, since most coverage post-dates it, but the plan is confirmed in later sources rather than contradicted.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.