Trump’s DOJ deploys 1,000 monitors across 50 states; Democrats allege voter intimidation

US Justice Department deployed around 1,000 election monitors and observers across the country on Tuesday. The US Justice Department deployed around 1,000 election monitors and observers across the country on Tuesday, describing the move as the largest monitoring effort in its history.The deployment covered jurisdictions in all 50 states, including several predominantly Democratic areas, and drew criticism from voting rights groups and Democratic officials who raised concerns about possible voter intimidation.According to Reuters, the monitors were sent to jurisdictions where Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris defeated President Donald Trump in about two-thirds of the areas in the 2024 election. Black and Latino voters make up a majority in many of these jurisdictions, which are concentrated in states that could determine control of the US Senate.Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K Dhillon defended the deployment, saying the department was pursuing election transparency in an “assertive and nondiscriminatory manner”.The Justice Department said its observers would monitor compliance with federal voting laws. However, they cannot conduct investigations at polling locati...