Threatens to withhold federal funds from Michigan and Nevada over mail-in voting

On May 20, 2020, President Trump posted a series of tweets falsely asserting that Michigan and Nevada were illegally sending mail-in ballots to voters and threatening to withhold federal funding in response. He initially claimed Michigan was mailing 7.7 million ballots, then corrected the tweet roughly six hours later to say 'ballot applications,' the accurate description. Michigan's secretary of state and election experts noted the mailings were lawful and that several states, including Republican-run ones, were doing the same. The threat used the promise of federal money as leverage against states expanding pandemic-era voting access.

"This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!" Quote verified against source