Foes wary as Trump hands election probe to Homeland Security
January 5, 2018
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Voting rights advocates and some state election officials cheered President Donald Trump's announcement that he was disbanding his election fraud commission, but their celebration could be short-lived.
Trump spiked the commission late Wednesday amid infighting and refusals by numerous states to cooperate, but at the same time transferred its mission to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. That concerns some election officials and experts who had been critical of the commission.
DHS could have broad legal authority to conduct an investigation into Trump's unfounded clai...
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