Trump Launches Voter Fraud Commission

On May 11, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13799 establishing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach as vice chair. The commission was created to study voter registration and voting processes, following Trump repeated false claims that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election. The commission requested all 50 states submit voter data, prompting bipartisan backlash and legal challenges. Multiple states refused to comply, citing privacy concerns and federal overreach. The commission held one public meeting on July 19, 2017, before being quietly disbanded in January 2018 without issuing any report or finding evidence of widespread voter fraud.