Reporting from The Center Square: Nevada’s Secretary of State’s Office confirmed it received “seven voter-related DOJ subpoenas from the FBI over the last three months,” but said it is unable to provide further information at this time.
Seven subpoenas, few details
The confirmation came to The Center Square, which noted the office offered no additional specifics on what the subpoenas seek or which investigation they relate to. The outlet also said it requested comment from the White House and had not heard back by publication time.
Advocacy group calls it a ‘dramatic escalation’
All Voting Is Local criticized the development in a press release, describing it as a “dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to control state-run elections” in the U.S. Kerry Durmick, the group’s Nevada state director, alleged the administration’s attempts to access “private voter roll information,” promote “debunked conspiracy theories,” and enforce “likely illegal executive orders around vote-by-mail” were “a signal of weakness.” Durmick added, “We will not allow Trump to come in and try to dictate our elections.”
Trump’s stated concerns; no White House comment
According to The Center Square, President Donald Trump has on many occasions expressed concern about voter fraud and wants new actions taken on mail-in ballots to ensure election integrity. The Center Square said the White House did not respond to its request for comment by publication time.
Nevada election official’s response
In a statement provided to The Center Square, Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar said, “The right to vote is written clearly in the constitution, and we cannot take that right away without the highest confidence of a person’s ineligibility.” Aguilar added, “The federal administration is inundating election offices with investigations and questions ahead of the election, and making sweeping claims of election fraud to the public before any investigation is done. We will continue standing up for Nevada voters and remain focused on running a safe, secure and transparent election this fall.”
What we don’t know
- The subpoenas’ contents, scope, issuing dates, and related case numbers were not provided.
