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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Trump DOJ to deploy largest-ever fleet of monitors for midterms as president calls elections ‘rigged’

The Department of Justice is planning to deploy the largest number of election monitors to survey the upcoming midterms — a major push as President Donald Trump promotes false claims of election fraud in the United States.

Officials are aiming to send 1,000 DOJ monitors across the country for the midterm elections on Nov. 3, Harmeet Dhillon, the top official in the department’s Civil Rights Division, told Bloomberg Monday.

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