DOJ Attorney General Fights for Election Integrity, May Take Voter Roll Battle to Supreme Court
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Attorney General Todd Blanche has indicated the Justice Department could ask the Supreme Court to intervene after activist judges blocked efforts to secure state voter-roll data, a crucial step to ensure fair elections in November.
Attorney General Todd Blanche told NBC News’ 'Meet the Press' that the Justice Department is prepared to take its fight for access to state voter-roll information to the Supreme Court, after facing obstruction from activist federal judges in 22 cases. These cases involve a common-sense executive order requiring states to provide essential information—names, birth dates, addresses, driver’s-license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers—so the department can investigate potential registration fraud, including the growing threat of non-citizen voting.
Federal judges in liberal states like Oregon and Michigan have sided with 22 states that are stonewalling the Justice Department’s legitimate requests. The DOJ has been forced to sue 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to comply, as some states—mainly those run by Democrats—continue to hide behind the claim that election administration is solely a state matter, often to shield potential fraud.
'Election integrity is something that President Trump ran on, and the American people elected him. It’s something that every American should care about,' Blanche emphasized, highlighting the administration’s commitment to restoring trust in our elections.
'We’re not going to stop doing what I think every American should expect us to do, which is make sure that we have elections that are fair,' he added, reaffirming the DOJ’s resolve to protect the sanctity of the vote.
Blanche, confirmed by the Senate after negotiations with principled GOP senators, assured that his department would act with integrity and that the president would never ask him to break the law. He also confirmed that the proposed $2 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund—meant to defend Americans from partisan attacks on the DOJ—has been abandoned.