Trina Thompson

“intimidation, threats, and attempts at coercion force election workers daily to choose between acceding to defendants’ unlawful demands or adhering to their duties and thereby subjecting themselves to a serious risk of criminal investigation and prosecution”

Trina Thompson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-31

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the justice department from threatening election workers who process ballots.

“shall not threaten, intimidate or coerce state or local elections officials or workers to demand that they halt processing the ballots of any registered voter solely on the basis that the ballot belongs to an individual alleged by [DOJ] to be ineligible to vote,”

Trina Thompson · said 2026-10-30 · reported 2026-10-31

Judge Thompson issued a temporary restraining order blocking the DOJ from threatening or coercing election officials.