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DHS Chief Threatens to Imprison Election Officials Who Don’t Comply With Trump

Jul 18, 2026Far Left

A government watchdog indicated it would file legal challenges to the administration’s efforts to take over elections.

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Reaction swift as DHS chief threatens state officials who defy Trump admin

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened during a Friday press conference to jail state election officials who refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration's midterm election security "program." “If the states that choose not to participate with the program and they choose not to participate in securing the elections, we will make sure…

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Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time

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Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president’s false claims about voting security while escalating the administration’s legally questionable attempts to control state elections.

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DHS Sec. Threatens to Defund States That Don’t “Scrub” Voter Rolls

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The Trump administration has promised to stonewall federal grants unless states “scrub” their voter rolls.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin openly threatened to defund state governments that failed to “secure” future election cycles, during a press conference in Washington Friday morning.The pledge came hours after Donald Trump delivered a…

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