DOJ tapped Dan Bishop to lead nationwide election integrity investigations amid 2020 election disputes and stalled SAVE Act in Senate.
election integrity efforts, placing a Trump-aligned prosecutor with a history of challenging the 2020 election at the center of a nationwide review. “Dan Bishop, our U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of North Carolina, will play a key role in ensuring the integrity of American elections alongside our incredible team and across the Justice Department,” BondiWhat to know about Medicare's new hemp pilot program that drug safety groups are challenging in courtRep.
Dan Bishop, R-N.C., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Greensboro, NC. that Bishop’s role will not be limited to North Carolina, a state that backed Trump in both the 2020 and 2024 elections. Instead, the official said Bishop’s work will focus on election integrity matters “across country.” Bishop, a former Republican congressman who was one of 147 who voted against certifying former President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, has also publicly expressed skepticism about that race.Bishop’s elevation to U.S. attorney followed a career spanning three decades as a litigator and a term in Congress from 2019 to 2025, where he aligned with the conservative House Freedom Caucus. He later served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget before being tapped for the federal prosecutor role. Bishop will help oversee reviews of voter-roll data collected by the Justice Department, including efforts to determine whether illegal immigrants may have registered or cast ballots, according to theThe broader effort has unfolded across multiple fronts. The DOJ has pursued litigation against at least 29 states over access to voter registration data and has supported federal investigations into election procedures in key jurisdictions. In Georgia, FBI agents in January seized thousands of ballots and related election materials from Fulton County as part of an ongoing federal investigation into potential irregularities in the 2020 vote. That move triggered a lawsuit, with county officials seeking the return of the records. DOJ leadership has framed the effort as part of a wider plan to bolster election security and public confidence in voting systems.It is not immediately clear when or whether the DOJ will release findings from its election integrity investigations ahead of the midterm elections.Justice
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