Trending Now - FBI Ends 2020 Election Fraud Investigation Amid Concerns
WHO:
FBI
Sigal Chattah, first assistant U.S. attorney in Nevada
President Trump
Kurt Olsen, White House attorney
Warren Petersen, Arizona Senate President
Dax Goldstein, Election Protection Program Director for the States United Democracy Center
Aaron Ford, Democratic Attorney General of Nevada
George Kelesis, defense attorney in Nevada
Nancy Rapoport, law professor at the University of Nevada
Richard Painter, former White House ethics lawyer
Katie Hobbs, Arizona Governor
Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State
Ken Bennett, former Arizona Secretary of State
WHAT:
The FBI closed a voter fraud inquiry in Nevada after finding only 38 non-citizens may have voted in the 2020 presidential election.
The inquiry was initiated by Chattah in July 2025.
Chattah provided the FBI with a thumb drive of data from the Republican Party.
The FBI's review found the statute of limitations had expired for any possible cases.
The FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia, earlier in 2026.
A grand jury subpoena was issued in Arizona for records related to the 2020 audit of Maricopa County.
The Cyber Ninjas, hired for the Arizona audit, were funded by Trump allies.
The Arizona audit began in April 2021 and involved 2.1 million ballots.
WHERE:
Nevada
Maricopa County, Arizona
Fulton County, Georgia
WHEN:
The FBI inquiry was closed in late January 2026.
The inquiry was ordered by Chattah in July 2025.
The Arizona audit began in April 2021.
WHY:
Chattah claimed the inquiry could help flip a key congressional seat to Republicans and ensnare President Trump's Democratic opponents.
The inquiry was based on allegations of non-citizen voting and cash for ballots on Indian reservations.
HOW:
The FBI compared Nevada voter roll data against Department of Homeland Security citizenship data.
The Arizona Senate subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the county’s vote.
(UPDATED March 12, 2026 23:06 UTC)
The FBI has closed a voter fraud inquiry in Nevada after determining that only 38 non-citizens may have voted in the 2020 presidential election, a review initiated by Sigal Chattah, the first assistant U.S. attorney in Nevada, in July 2025. The inquiry found that the statute of limitations had expired for any potential cases, and it involved a comparison of Nevada's voter roll data against citizenship information from the Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile, in Arizona, a grand jury subpoena has been issued for records related to the controversial audit of Maricopa County, which was funded by allies of Trump and began in April 2021.