Virginia Attorney General: D.H.S. May Have Broken State Laws in Voter Fraud Investigation | Nick Corasaniti and Hamed Aleaziz/The New York Times
The attorney general of Virginia sent a letter on Thursday warning Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, that the department’s hunt for evidence of election fraud “potentially violates several Virginia laws” and demanding that the investigation cease immediately. The New York Times previously reported that hundreds of Homeland Security agents have been assigned to an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite an absence of evidence of widespread fraud. The Times also reported this week that, according to a whistle-blower report, the agents may have broken state laws by effectively posing as voters on public-facing state websites to gain access to individual voting records. Read Artice