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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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George Chidi

Trump officials abandon effort to investigate election threats, experts warn

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Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, with the US attorney for Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, and the DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Trump administration has abandoned key security bodies meant to investigate direct threats to US elections by foreign actors and domestic terrorists, according to former officials and a recent report.

While administration officials have been actively focused on unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud by noncitizens, other credible election threats appear to have been overlooked, the officials say.

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