Trump’s DOJ sued over campaign to amass data on millions of voters

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 863

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge Tuesday against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans with the aim of identifying noncitizen voters, arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice is building a dangerous centralized national voter list ahead of the midterm elections in November.

The federal lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia by the voting rights and civic group Common Cause with help from other organizations, seeks …

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