‘Wow’: Trump DOJ official sparks fury with stunning voter fraud crackdown admission

Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter sparked outrage Monday after acknowledging that the Trump administration’s voter fraud crackdown could mistakenly sweep up American citizens.McCotter, the DOJ’s second in command, made the startling admission in a news conference discussing the department’s efforts to identify suspected illegal voters ahead of next month’s midterm elections.“There may be some names on there who, it turns out, ultimately are citizens,” McCotter said. “We’re not perfect.”California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office quickly seized on the remarks.“WOW. Trump’s #2 at DOJ just admitted this,” the office wrote Monday on social media.The backlash didn’t stop there.“We’re not perfect, but we have no problem disenfranchising US citizens from voting,” wrote health care technology executive John Wilson. “Nah.”CNN legal expert Ryan Goodman, a professor at New York University, added in his own X post: "This DOJ admission comes with Oct 16 DOJ letter admitting they're using extraordinarily low standard to...