Agents were allegedly also told to “violate state laws,” Sen. Schumer said.

The Department of Homeland Security has allegedly directed hundreds of agents to attempt to access voter rolls, even if they must “misrepresent themselves” to do so, and “fabricate” evidence of voter fraud ahead of the midterm elections, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and California Sen. Alex Padilla said Monday, citing what they said was information from a whistleblower.

“A DHS whistleblower warns that the department is pulling hundreds, hundreds of federal agents from national security rolls and sending them on a wild goose chase,” Schumer said at a press conference. “The goal: to try and prove Trump’s sad, tired, and long-debunked election conspiracy theories.”

“The length Trump will go to cheat, lie, and steal in this upcoming election are simply beyond the pale,” Schumer said.

“Apparently, agents are being commanded to violate state laws to access private voter information and fabricate law enforcement records as part of DHS’s quote ‘Unlawful Voter Initiative,’” Schumer said, adding that DHS agents allegedly were “hunting for, or worse, manufacturing evidence of voter fraud claims.”

The allegations and the whistleblower claims were enumerated in aletter from Schumer and Padillasent Sunday to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, in which the lawmakers demanded that DHS both explain the alleged actions and end them immediately.

The Department of Homeland Security has been ramping up efforts to look forvoter fraudacross the country through its investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), multiple sources familiar with the operation told ABC News earlier this month. The effort will include help from investigators from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the sources said.

“The Department accessed publicly available data from states’ voter rolls and cross referenced them with known aliens in our systems. It’s not rocket science; it’s an easy step to secure our elections,” DHS said in a statement to ABC News, in response to the whistleblower allegations.

“While ICE Homeland Security Investigations is not able to comment on any active investigations, HSI is actively rooting out and investigating election fraud wherever it can be found,” the DHS statement further said. “We have repeatedly demonstrated that aliens can and do vote in our elections. Under President Trump, HSI is committed to restoring integrity to our election systems and ensuring that American citizens and only American citizens are electing American leaders.”

Источник: ABC News