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True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026The Department of Justice has moved to intervene in Alaska's upcoming U.S. Senate election.As of 2026-10-26, the DOJ had already moved to intervene in Alaska's Senate election by filing a federal lawsuit (around Oct 22-23) to block certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan lost narrowly, which multiple sources describe as an intervention in the race. The judge dismissed that lawsuit on Nov 1 and the DOJ said it would appeal, but that later development does not make the claim false as of the posting date.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026The Department of Justice has pressured states to investigate allegations of illegal voting by noncitizens.The sources show the DOJ demanded that states act on its lists of alleged noncitizen voters, including a 48-hour deadline for Los Angeles County to investigate about 20,000 names and letters to five states. A federal judge later blocked some of these threats, but that does not undo the pressure that was applied as of 2026-10-26.Can’t tell45% confidence4 sourcesOct 26, 2026Of 64 cases brought by the Justice Department related to non-citizen voting, 56 individuals are lawful permanent residents.Said by CThe claim faithfully extracts the passage, which is the claimant's own review of 64 court files, so it cannot be verified from that. NBC's later review (Nov 1) finds that roughly three-quarters of about 200 prosecutions target lawful permanent residents, which is directionally consistent but a different sample, so it neither confirms nor refutes the specific 56-of-64 figure.Can’t tell40% confidence4 sourcesOct 26, 2026Pamela Line has been a lawful permanent resident since 1982.Said by CSources identify Pamele Arbués Line as a lawful permanent resident charged in a California voting case, which supports her LPR status. None of the sources states when she became a permanent resident, so the 1982 date that is the claim's central point cannot be checked.Can’t tell40% confidence5 sourcesOct 26, 2026There has been an incident involving illegal voting by noncitizens in Wyoming.Said by BSources do confirm a real Wyoming case of illegal noncitizen voting: Maksim Shakirov pleaded guilty in federal court to voting as a noncitizen in the 2024 election. But the claim departs from the passage, which refers to the 'one we've already seen in Wyoming' as the Governor's complaint about aggressive DOJ monitors, not noncitizen voting, so the claim is not graded as the poster's statement.