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Prosecutors struggle to turn voter fraud claims into criminal charges
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President Donald Trump’s pressure on federal prosecutors to charge noncitizens with voting illegally has produced just a handful of cases, with others falling away as investigators find innocent explanations or struggle to prove bad intent, according to current and former officials. Democracy Dies in Darkness Prosecutors struggle to turn voter fraud claims into criminal charges Many leads turn out to be innocuous or accidental, lacking evidence of malicious intent.
President Donald Trump’s pressure on federal prosecutors to charge noncitizens with voting illegally has produced just a handful of cases, with others falling away as investigators find innocent explanations or struggle to prove bad intent, according to current and former officials.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Prosecutors struggle to turn voter fraud claims into criminal charges
Many leads turn out to be innocuous or accidental, lacking evidence of malicious intent.