DNC suing Trump admin after silence over armed Feds at polls |
DNC suing Trump admin after silence over armed Feds at polls
There’s a new lawsuit that might sound dramatic at first, but the question at the center of it is actually pretty simple.
Are armed federal agents going to show up at polling places in the next election? Yes or no?
The Democratic National Committee is now suing the Trump administration because they say they can’t get a clear answer. Since October, they’ve filed 11 Freedom of Information Act requests with the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense asking whether there are any plans or discussions about deploying federal officers or troops to polling locations, ballot drop boxes or election offices.
According to the lawsuit, those agencies have largely gone silent.
The lawsuit reads in part “To ensure that the American people obtain timely knowledge of potential threats to free and fair elections and to enable the DNC to take appropriate action to ensure voting rights are protected, the DNC now seeks this Court’s aid to enforce.”
To be clear, there are no confirmed plans to send armed agents to the polls. And federal law already bars military personnel or armed federal officers from interfering with elections or even showing up in an official capacity at polling places. The........