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The Justice Department's apical Civil Rights charismatic accused New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill of criticizing President Donald Trump's predetermination integrity claims moreover though she already knew her management was astir to disclose a awesome elector registration problem.
In his July 16 address, Trump accused China of acquiring delicate elector information and said U.S. intelligence agencies hid that revelation from nan nationalist while besides alleging respective Democrat-run states, including New Jersey, person ample numbers of noncitizens registered to vote.
Department of Homeland Security information released successful performance pinch nan reside recovered much than 35,000 imaginable noncitizens are connected nan Garden State’s rolls.
"When nan president came retired pinch his Primetime reside past Thursday, I judge successful nan sequencing of events that has been laid out, she already knew that this revelation was forthcoming," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., speaks during an question and reply successful New York City connected Friday, May 2, 2025. Sherrill is nan New Jersey Democratic nominee for governor. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"She knew it, and she still went online and called nan president a liar and said he was exaggerating -- Shame connected you, governor."
Dhillon said governors consenting to cooperate pinch nan DOJ would person assistance but warned states refusing to do truthful could look lawsuits.
"It's a bipartisan problem, actually. And I'm really looking guardant to helping everyone who will activity pinch america hole this problem. And if they won't activity with, we'll writer them and we'll still hole nan problem."
Following Trump’s address, Sherrill signed connected to a connection pinch 23 different Democratic governors attempting to propulsion acold h2o connected nan president's wide-ranging claims, calling him a liar, arsenic Dhillon said.
"It's profoundly alarming that President Trump continues to effort to undermine free and adjacent elections. No magnitude of lies and conspiracy theories tin alteration nan truth that our country's elections person many times been proven to beryllium safe and secure," publication nan rebuke, formally led by Kentucky Gov. Andrew Beshear.
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Sherrill’s co-signed connection went connected to impeach Trump of trying to "intimidate and soundlessness voters" while claiming Democrats are nan ones "actually making life amended for American families by lowering costs, creating jobs and protecting our freedoms."
"Ours is simply a winning message, which is why he is trying to undermine democracy."
Dhillon said Sherrill and each different governors should subordinate pinch DOJ to analyse each substantive declare of election integrity violations, informing it is their ain citizens who guidelines to beryllium hurt.
"Every azygous personification who voted illegally canceled retired nan ballot of a New Jersey voter; that is shameful," she said.
"And alternatively of pointing fingers astatine nan president, which is what Governor Sherrill did… she should beryllium raising her manus to activity pinch nan national authorities to cleanable this up ASAP because that's nan vow she took erstwhile she ran for agency and she sewage sworn successful arsenic nan politician of her authorities is to protect her citizens, and her citizens person a right to vote."
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Dhillon's missive gave Sherrill 5 business days, expiring Tuesday, to move complete elector information successful nan case. Meanwhile, Sherrill indicated to WCBS that she wouldn't beryllium complying.
"It is not a astonishment ... nan Trump management wants to instantly weaponize this against group arsenic opposed to focusing connected making judge we're moving free and adjacent elections," nan Democrat said.
Asked astir nan accusation Sherrill knew astir her ain state’s motor-voter scandal erstwhile she accused Trump of being a liar, Sherrill spokesperson Sean Higgins pointed Fox News Digital to comments she made aft touring a market shop successful Essex County to motion unrelated legislation.
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In consequence to a reporter's mobility connected nan scandal, Sherrill said her management is moving quickly because Jerseyans merit transparency.
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"We're moving an independent investigation correct now to get to nan bottommost of precisely really this happened and what's going on, but it is not a astonishment to maine that nan national authorities that nan Trump management wants to instantly weaponize this against group arsenic opposed to focusing connected making judge that we're moving free and adjacent elections," Sherrill said.
Pennsylvania, New York and respective different states person besides resisted DOJ requests for elector registration data, arguing national rule and authorities privateness protections limit what accusation tin beryllium shared.
The DOJ has besides sued officials successful immoderate of nan states complete nan election integrity crisis, including New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell.
Born and raised successful Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked successful some nan New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.
