Trump accuses Biden DOJ of killing a Michigan registration fraud case that produced no illegal votes

In the primetime address, President Trump presented FBI files about a 2020 Muskegon, Michigan voter-registration operation, saying canvassers for a 'Democrat get-out-the-vote organization, corrupt group' admitted signing registration forms in other people's names, and asserted that FBI agents believed crimes were committed 'yet the Biden Department of Justice slow walked the investigation and killed it.' Fact-checkers reported that Muskegon City Clerk Ann Meisch confirmed the fraudulent applications were invalidated and no ballots were issued from them, that state officials found the fraud occurred at the lowest levels of a company defrauding its employer, and that a Michigan Attorney General spokesperson said 'This attempted fraud was detected because the system worked.' A September 2025 FBI document in the release itself shows the case was closed after investigation 'did not identify a criminal violation,' and Michigan officials said 'no successful fraud was perpetrated upon the state's election process or qualified voter file.' ABC News reported no concrete evidence has surfaced of Justice Department malfeasance in not filing charges.

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