DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands [View all]
Source: the guardian
By Jacob Knutson July 17, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. with criminal charges if they do not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to feed their voter rolls through a flawed federal database.
Mullin’s threats came just hours after President Donald Trump resurrected debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election during a primetime address as part of his ongoing efforts to undermine U.S. elections before the upcoming midterms.
In its totality, Mullin’s speech amounted to a major escalation in the Trump administration’s attempt to assert federal control over state voter rolls and their election procedures.
Alongside his threats Friday, Mullin claimed that the database in question had identified over 250,000 non-citizens registered to vote in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
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At no point during the speech did Mullin specify how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) obtained those four states’ voter registration data, though many states offer public versions of their rolls for sale or download...
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Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin speaking on July 17, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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