WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), joined by 16 other Senate Democrats, today demanded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) immediately open an independent investigation into the wrongdoings detailed in a recent whistleblower’s disclosure. The disclosure alleges that DHS is directing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) officers to impersonate voters in Virginia and across the country in violation of state laws to access online voter data as a part of its “Unlawful Voter Initiative,” an effort aimed at manufacturing evidence for President Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.
In Virginia, individuals using the state’s online voter portal must certify that they are accessing their own voter registration record and are warned that accessing another voter’s record is unlawful. According to the whistleblower, USCIS officers were nevertheless directed to falsely certify that they were the individual voters whose records they were searching. On Thursday, Virginia’s Attorney General Jay Jones warned DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin that officers’ actions, specifically those who checked a box falsely attesting they were specific Virginians verifying their voter registration records, “potentially violates several Virginia laws.”
The senators wrote in their letter, “The DHS Office of Inspector General’s mission is ‘[t]o provide independent...
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