‘If they’re honest’: Trump casts latest suspicion on US midterm elections
Summary
President Donald Trump said he would accept the results of the November 3 midterm elections if they were “honest.” His administration has pressed several states for voter records and filed election-related lawsuits, while state officials have disputed some of its claims and requests.Key Facts
- Trump made the remarks on October 27 when asked whether he would respect the results if Republicans lost control of Congress.
- The Justice Department gave Washington until Wednesday at noon local time to respond to a request to remove about 400 people it says are noncitizens from voter rolls.
- Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said his office was reviewing the list and had found some entries based on outdated information.
- Washington won a court ruling last month that it did not have to provide the Justice Department with its full voter list.
- The Justice Department sued Alaska over the state’s ballot listing of another candidate named Dan Sullivan alongside Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.
- Trump said on Friday that he had personally told the Justice Department to file the Alaska lawsuit.
- California officials said many of the roughly 20,000 people on a Justice Department list appeared to have been born in the United States.
- The Justice Department plans to send election observers to several states, including California and New Jersey.
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