President Donald Trump directed the FBI to reopen an investigation into alleged 2020 election fraud that prompted Michigan police officers to raid a Democratic voting group, the White House announced on Thursday.Get-out-the-vote canvassers admitted to the FBI that they were signing and submitting fraudulent voter registrations in the swing state, but the Biden administration “slow-walked the investigation for years,” the White House said, releasing newly declassified documents on the case. FBI Director Kash Patel is now “being directed to ensure that the matter is fully investigated, and to work with the Department of Justice to prosecute those responsible for any crimes,” according to the White House.Patel’s FBI did not respond to the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment. Trump released the records as part of broader 2020 election interference claims he made in a Thursday night address, including allegations that the federal government covered up evidence of Chinese state meddling.
The FBI learned in October 2020 that the Michigan State Police, Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office, and the Muskegon Police Department were looking into possibly fraudulent voter registrations submitted to the Muskegon City Clerk’s Office, the FBI documents say. Former President Joe Biden won Michigan by roughly 3% against Trump in 2020 before Trump won the battleground state in 2024 against then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
