Reuters Investigation: DOJ Sent Seven Grand Jury Subpoenas to Nevada's Secretary of State in Four Months Demanding Voter Data
According to a Reuters investigation published on October 15, the U.S. Department of Justice served seven grand jury subpoenas on the office of Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar between June 16 and September 2, demanding voter information. Nevada is a key battleground state in this year's midterm elections, and Aguilar is the state's top election official.
Aguilar told Reuters the series of subpoenas was deliberate pressure intended to weaken his re-election bid and affect the administration of the 2028 elections. His opponent this year is Jim Marchant, a denier of the 2020 election result.
The report also disclosed that the Department of Homeland Security had claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens might be on Nevada's voter rolls; however, of the cases DHS officials showed to the state, 185 checked one by one by state officials all proved to be U.S. citizens. DHS later said at least 2,000 people on its initial screening list were noncitizens, while the state said it had received no credible evidence.
The fight over voter data is not confined to Nevada. Reuters counted that the Justice Department has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C. over access to voter data and has lost 26 of those cases, including Nevada's. Turning to grand jury subpoenas after the lawsuits is the latest chapter in the federal-state tug of war over election data.
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Photo: 图：位于卡森城的内华达州议会大厦，州务卿办公室所在地。图片来源：Quintin Soloviev 摄，经 Wikimedia Commons，CC0 1.0（公共领域）。Photo: The Nevada State Capitol in Carson City, home to the Secretary of State's office. Credit: Quintin Soloviev via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (public domain).
