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Acting AG Blanche claimed a 'ton of evidence' shows the 2020 election was rigged and confirmed DOJ criminal probes into it

On Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" on May 17, 2026, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche asserted there is "a ton of evidence that the election was rigged," referring to the 2020 presidential race, while providing no evidence publicly. He confirmed that the Justice Department has multiple open criminal investigations tied to 2020-election claims, including in Arizona and in Fulton County, Georgia, and said the department is "focused on finding out whether the right people voted." Blanche did not promise a definitive finding, saying the work could yield charges, a report, or investigative results.

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On the May 17, 2026 broadcast of Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated, "There's a ton of evidence that the election was rigged," referring to the 2020 presidential election. He said the Justice Department is "focused on finding out whether the right people voted, whether people who were supposed to vote voted," but provided no evidence publicly and did not release any underlying material. Blanche said he would "not promise there's going to be a definitive answer," while adding that the public would eventually learn the results "whether it's charges, whether it's a report, whether it's the results of an investigation."

In the same interview Blanche confirmed that the department has multiple open criminal investigations premised on 2020-election claims, naming Arizona and Fulton County, Georgia. The 2020 presidential election was certified by every state and its results were affirmed through recounts, audits, and dozens of court rulings; no court found fraud sufficient to alter the outcome. Blanche's assertion that the election was "rigged" is an officeholder publicly denying a legitimate, adjudicated election result, and his confirmation of active DOJ criminal inquiries directs federal prosecutorial power toward reexamining that certified outcome.

Updates

2026-07-07 — Federal judge quashed DOJ subpoena for Fulton County 2020 election-worker names [4, 5]

On July 7, 2026, U.S. District Judge Billy (William) Ray quashed a Justice Department grand-jury subpoena that sought the names and personal contact information of thousands of Fulton County, Georgia workers who administered the 2020 election. Ray, a Trump-nominated judge, called the demand's scope "staggering" and "grossly over broad and untethered to any reasonable need," noted that the five-year statute of limitations for any 2020-election-related charges had expired, and found the subpoena lacked a legitimate law-enforcement purpose, writing that the department's interest "does not give the DOJ the right to use the Grand Jury to do whatever the DOJ wants."

Why we recorded this

Free and fair elections depend on public officials accepting lawful, court-adjudicated results rather than recasting them as fraudulent. The nation's acting chief law-enforcement officer publicly asserted that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, offered no evidence for the claim, and confirmed that federal criminal-investigative power is being trained on relitigating that settled result. This archive records the moment because an attorney general endorsing election denial and steering Justice Department investigations toward a legally certified election fuses the machinery of federal prosecution with the delegitimization of a valid vote.

Sources

  1. Attorney General: 'ton of evidence' exists of stolen election in 2020, also says he can't promise a 'definitive answer' it was stolen — Democracy Docket investigative accessed July 11, 2026
  2. "Evidence 2020 was rigged": Blanche says he's investigating whether "right people" voted — Salon secondary accessed July 11, 2026
  3. Trump's AG Tells Fox's Bartiromo He Won't Promise 'Definitive Answer' on Whether 2020 Election Was 'Rigged' — But Insists 'There's a Ton of Evidence' — Mediaite secondary accessed July 11, 2026
  4. Judge rejects Justice Department's 'unreasonable' attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County — PBS NewsHour investigative accessed July 11, 2026
  5. Trump-nominated judge halts DOJ demand for identities of 2020 election workers — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigative accessed July 11, 2026

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