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A voting rights organization in Ohio is accusing the federal government of waging a large-scale intimidation campaign after the group was raided by the FBI on Thursday.

MS NOW reported on late Thursday that FBI agents searched the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, an organization that helps register voters.

In addition to raiding the group’s offices, sources tell MS NOW that “agents also fanned out across the state, showing up at the homes of the group’s leaders and staff members, carrying some subpoenas and seeking information and electronic devices.”

MS NOW’s sources also expressed concern that the raid was not a legitimate law enforcement operation but “part of the Trump administration’s efforts to sow doubt and distrust in voting integrity in key swing states ahead of the midterm elections.”

In an interview with MS NOW, Ohio Organizing Collaborative board member Prentiss Haney accused the feds of using “straight-up intimidation........

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