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The Trump Administration's Long, Fruitless Hunt for Voter Fraud Comes to Rhode Island

The Justice Department’s election integrity tour has turned up nothing, while ignoring the threats to elections that voters actually fear.

Tosin Akintola | 9.9.2026 4:17 PM

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On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would be "observing polling locations today in Pawtucket, Rhode Island," the last stop on an 11-state tour to "secure ballot integrity, maintain transparency into the voting process, and enforce compliance with federal law."

Despite spending months foraging through the voting process of 11 states and hundreds of polling locations, the department has failed to find proof of President Donald Trump's dubious claim that there is widespread voter fraud taking place in American elections. Yet the Trump administration isn't planning to stop interfering anytime soon. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said........

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