Ari Berman
‪@ariberman.bsky.social‬

Trump DOJ:

-overruling career prosecutors to indict Trump's political opponents

-suing states to get sensitive voter data

-urging SCOTUS to gut Voting Rights Act

-helping GOP states gerrymander mid-decade

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The Justice Department is ramping up Trump’s election-rigging efforts
DOJ officials have sued six more states to demand sensitive voter data.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM

POLITICS 8 HOURS AGO

The Justice Department Is Ramping Up Trump’s Election-Rigging Efforts

DOJ officials have sued six more states to demand sensitive voter data.

ARI BERMAN
National Voting Rights Correspondent


Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office, September 25, 2025.Alex Brandon/AP

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On Thursday evening, around the same time the Justice Department overruled career prosecutors in order to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. The new legal actions signify a ramping up of the Trump administration’s voter-suppression agenda in the wake of similar lawsuits the department filed last week against Maine and Oregon.

The lawsuits may seem unrelated to Comey’s indictment, but both developments show how the DOJ has been weaponized in an unprecedented way to target Trump’s political opponents and retaliate against those who resist his extreme MAGA agenda.

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