Trump officials abandon effort to investigate election threats, experts warn
Summary
The Trump administration ended several important government groups that looked into threats to U.S. elections from foreign countries and domestic attackers. Experts say this has left local election officials without support and allowed some real election threats to go unnoticed.Key Facts
- Between 2021 and 2024, the Justice Department’s election threats taskforce prosecuted 21 cases involving election-related violence or intimidation.
- The taskforce has stopped prosecuting new cases and seems inactive.
- The FBI’s foreign influence taskforce, which investigated interference by countries like China and Russia, was disbanded on the first day Attorney General Pam Bondi took office.
- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lost staff focused on election interference and its local training program was defunded.
- More than 2,000 reports of election threats were received from 2021 to 2024, with over 100 investigations opened by the taskforce.
- Budget requests in 2025 to maintain the taskforce and election security programs were ignored.
- Experts warn that cutting federal support breaks important information sharing between agencies and local election officials.
- The dismantling of these security groups leaves the country less prepared to detect and respond to election threats.
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