White House Task Force to Release 1,000-Page Election Files Within Weeks
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Updated · ms.now · Jul 13
White House Task Force to Release 1,000-Page Election Files Within Weeks
3 articles · Updated · ms.now · Jul 13
Summary
Within weeks, a new White House task force is expected to start releasing thousands of pages of classified intelligence and law-enforcement records on alleged U.S. election irregularities, according to two officials.
The effort includes the Office of the Director of National Intelligence under acting chief Bill Pulte and is described by critics as part of Trump’s push to revive debunked 2020 fraud claims before fall elections that will decide control of Congress.
That campaign is already widening: Justice Department official Harmeet Dhillon threatened state election officials with prosecution over noncitizen ballots and told Michigan it plans federal monitors for three cities in the Aug. 4 primary.
Democrats and election experts say Trump has installed loyalists at ODNI, DOJ and the FBI despite those agencies having no legal role in running elections, raising fears federal powers could be used to disrupt voting in Democratic areas.
Election lawyers say any actual misconduct would have to survive court scrutiny, but warn the broader risk is a flood of official disinformation that undermines trust in the most closely watched U.S. elections since 2020.