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Rule of Law
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

Georgia Election Interference: Trump Demands Secretary of State 'Find' 11,780 Votes

Trump's January 2, 2021 phone call with Raffensperger was a direct attempt to pressure a state election official to falsify vote tallies. Trump made factually false claims about the election, threatened Raffensperger with unspecified legal 'risk,' and specifically demanded he 'find' a precise number of votes matching the margin Trump needed to win Georgia. Raffensperger refused. The conversation was recorded and published; Trump was later indicted for conspiracy and RICO violations in Georgia.

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Updated January 3, 2018 Civil Rights
Major Abuse of Power

DOGE-Style Attack on Voting: Trump Voter ID Orders, Voter Fraud Commission, State Intimidation

Trump established the election integrity commission in response to his false claim that 3-5 million illegal votes had been cast in the 2016 election — a claim he made to explain why he had lost the popular vote. The commission's first action was a sweeping data request to all 50 states seeking voter rolls with personal data. States across the partisan spectrum refused. The commission operated for seven months, producing no findings. A member filed a lawsuit against the commission for operating without proper transparency. The commission was disbanded January 3, 2018; Trump attributed its dissolution to Democratic obstructionism.

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Updated January 3, 2018 Rule of Law
Major Abuse of Power

Voter Fraud Commission: Using Government Power to Propagate Election Lies

The commission was predicated on Trump's false claim that he had lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million due to illegal voting. It attempted to collect sensitive voter data including partial Social Security numbers, party affiliation, and voting history from all states. The ACLU and states sued over the data collection demands. The commission found no fraud, was shut down in January 2018, and its work was handed to DHS — where it also produced no substantive findings. Critics documented its primary purpose as political: to validate Trump's fraud claims and build infrastructure for voter suppression.

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