Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
60/100
NBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
68
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation in California as it continues its effort to prove that as many as 20,000 noncitizens are on the state’s voter rolls, a U.S. official confirmed to NBC News on Thursday.
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official → open → Thursday
The official said the Justice Department has issued federal grand jury subpoenas to local election officials across the state.
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Department → say → state
It’s unclear how many subpoenas were sent out and exactly who received them.
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who → ’ → them
The New York Times first reported the new subpoenas.
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Times → report → subpoenas
In response to an inquiry from NBC News on Thursday, the Justice Department declined to comment on “leaks about alleged grand jury subpoenas” but said federal courts have said voting unlawfully results in criminal exposure.
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voting → decline → exposure
The U.S. official told NBC News that receiving a subpoena doesn’t mean a person is necessarily a target, just that the person may have information relevant to the investigation.
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person → tell → investigation
The official added that the Justice Department rarely subpoenas people it intends to charge with crimes.
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it → add → crimes
The new subpoenas follow a federal judge’s ruling Wednesday to deny the Trump administration’s request to segregate 20,000 mail ballots from alleged noncitizens in California, calling into question the accuracy of the administration’s process to identify such people.
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subpoenas → follow → people
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk Dean Logan touted the decision Thursday.
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Logan → tout → decision
“At every step, the U.S. Department of Justice has taken a confrontational, adversarial approach.
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Department → take → approach
Election officials are acting in accordance with state and federal law,” Logan said in a statement, adding that “clear court rulings” by both the federal judge and an appeals court have confirmed that.
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rulings → act → that
Last week, Justice Department officials sent letters to 57 of California’s 58 counties warning local election officials to cooperate with federal investigations into illegal voting or face investigations themselves.
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officials → send → investigations
The Justice Department expanded the efforts this week, sending similar letters to officials in Washington state and asking its secretary of state to review a list of 400 registrants whom it believes to be noncitizens.
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it → expand → registrants
It also asked that the state sequester any ballots those people cast.
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people → ask → ballots
The Trump administration faced two legal setbacks in the efforts this week when an appeals court denied its request Monday to block California from counting mail ballots from the alleged noncitizens and a federal judge Wednesday rejected its request to segregate those ballots.
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judge → face → ballots
The Trump administration has pressured state officials to assist in investigations of allegations of voter fraud for months, having sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to hand over their voter registration list data.
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administration → pressure → data
While noncitizens can appear on voter rolls, it is rare.
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it → appear → rolls
In addition, newly naturalized citizens are often mistakenly flagged as noncitizens, especially since there is no comprehensive list of U.S. citizens.
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citizens → naturalize → citizens
Election experts have argued that the Trump administration’s lawsuits rely on flimsy legal arguments, particularly as the Justice Department doesn’t have legal authority to intervene in election certification.
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Department → argue → certification
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