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Federal agents may have broken state laws in voter fraud hunt, whistleblower claims

Federal agents may have broken state laws after the Department of Homeland Security began surging personnel for what it called the Unlawful Voter Initiative, a federal whistleblower alleges.

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Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud NYTimes – US
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Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.

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Federal agents may have broken state laws in voter fraud hunt, whistleblower claimsNPR – Politics
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Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter FraudNYTimes – US
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Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud

Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.

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