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If I were Colorado Sec. of State Jena Griswold I would not be sleeping great recently after receiving a demand from Trump’s DOJ to turn over “all records” related to the 2024 election.
I should make clear everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but this does NOT look good for Colorado!
The sweeping demand is being called completely unprecedented:
NEW: Voting officials say they’ve never seen a demand like the one the Trump Justice Department sent to Colorado last month. https://t.co/4sbB0GH9uI
— Ben Swasey (@benswasey) June 11, 2025
Here’s everything we know so far:
DOJ Demands Colorado Election Data: On May 12, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked Colorado’s secretary of state for all records related to the 2024 federal elections and any remaining from 2020 — an unusually broad request.
Concerns About Scope: Election officials and legal experts described the request as “unprecedented” and overly broad, potentially including voter registrations, ballots, and voting equipment data.
Possible Link to Tina Peters Case: Some suspect the request is tied to the prosecution of Tina Peters, a Trump ally jailed for unauthorized access to voting equipment. Trump has called her an “innocent Political Prisoner” and urged DOJ intervention.
Griswold Criticizes the Request: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, called the DOJ letter a threat to democracy and accused the Trump-era DOJ of weaponizing the federal government.
DOJ Under New Leadership: The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is now led by Harmeet Dhillon, a former Trump campaign legal adviser, who was confirmed in April 2025. The division has shifted focus from voting rights to voter fraud enforcement.
Request Followed Trump Executive Order: Trump signed a March 25 executive order mandating more aggressive oversight of voter rolls and data-sharing between federal agencies and states.
RNC and Dhillon Law Group Send Parallel Requests: Around the same time, the Dhillon Law Group — Dhillon’s former firm — sent similar voter data requests to 48 states on behalf of the Republican National Committee (RNC), raising questions about potential overlap with government efforts.
Other States on Alert: Officials in states like New Mexico worry they will soon face similar data demands. Many express concern about re-litigating the 2020 election and what the information might be used for.
DOJ Response and Legal Position: DOJ has declined to release the complaint that triggered the request but claims it is acting within federal law and privacy guidelines.
Colorado Responds: The state has already sent publicly available voter files and history datasets, but it is unclear if the DOJ considers this sufficient.
Someone sounds scared
Trump’s DOJ makes sweeping demand for Colorado election data : NPR https://t.co/yrt30GU7um
— Patrick Byrne (@PatrickByrne) June 12, 2025
Local Denver7 stunningly reports that all records from the 2020 election have been destroyed:
The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold turn over “all records” related to the 2024 federal elections, a request many election experts call unprecedented.
Denver7 is working to find out why the DOJ wants the records. Election leaders across the state say they are still trying to make sense of the request.
“Well, it’s certainly an unusual request,” said Matt Crane, the executive director of the Colorado County Clerk’s Association. “I’ve been in elections here in Colorado for 25 years. I don’t remember any request from the federal government this expansive coming in.”
Crane said the DOJ’s request for records is so broad, it could mean many things.
“It could be anything from voter registration information, voter turnout information. It could be information from the voting system access and activity logs from inside the voting system software. It could be the actual ballots themselves,” said Crane.
In its letter to the state, which NPR obtained, the DOJ said it had received a complaint about Colorado’s election records retention.
The DOJ also asked the Secretary of State’s Office to retain records it still has from the 2020 election. According to Crane, Colorado law requires election records to be maintained for 25 months, which is three months longer than the 22 months required under federal law. Either way, he said most 2020 election records are probably gone.
“Most, if not all, counties have destroyed all of those records now from the 2020 election,” said Crane. “Now, certainly from the 2024 election, counties are still in the process of retaining those until that retention period expires.”
Denver7 followed up with the DOJ on Thursday and asked why they were seeking the election records. Two department spokespeople told Denver7 they had no comment.
You can read the full letter here:
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