60 Minutes Transcript: Investigations of voting system expand
Summary
President Donald Trump’s administration has put pressure on state and local election officials ahead of the midterm elections. Federal agents have taken ballots and election documents in Georgia, and the Justice Department has threatened to prosecute California officials over mail-in ballots they claim are from likely noncitizens. These actions have led to increased concerns about the trustworthiness of U.S. elections.Key Facts
- The midterm elections are two weeks away.
- The Justice Department threatened California election officials with prosecution over about 20,000 mail-in ballots.
- In January, FBI agents raided a warehouse in Georgia, seizing more than 600 boxes of ballots and election records with a judge-approved warrant.
- Georgia officials do not know where the seized ballots were taken after the raid.
- An FBI email from three months ago assigned 260 analysts to investigate the seized Georgia election materials, but no results have been released.
- There have been multiple investigations into the 2020 Georgia election, but none have found significant problems.
- Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson said threats to election officials now come from within the federal government, which she says is unusual.
- The Justice Department has requested confidential voter registration lists from many states, causing concern among election officials.
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