Republican election officials call out interventions by Trump administration
In a Nutshell
Republican election officials are under direct threat of prison from the Trump administration for resisting federal interference in local elections. Armed FBI agents have been deployed to seize ballots from state facilities in a show of force just two weeks before midterms. State officials are publicly refusing to comply, stating they will not go to prison over federal overreach.
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What you're seeing is extraordinary. This is an FBI scene. Armed federal agents seized ballots from a local election facility. They had vests. They had guns as if they were raiding a drug house. With the midterms two weeks away, state election officials across the country are being threatened. You could go to prison. We're not going to prison. No. It's silly. You're absolutely sure?
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