China rejects Trump’s claims of election interference as ‘pure fabrication’ – US politics live

Mullin also repeated his threat of withholding Federal Emergency Management Agency grant funding to states that don’t work to “secure” elections.

“If they’re not willing to do it, it should raise serious questions. It’s not that hard. This isn’t a partisan issue,” the homeland security secretary said.

This also comes after the Trump justice department sent letters to election officials in every state threatening officials with potential criminal charges if noncitizens vote.

The federal government has previously sought access to state voter rolls, which contain the personal data of millions of Americans. States have refused to turn the data over, resulting in a number of lawsuits that the administration has lost.