Thread by @ProPublica

1/ President Donald Trump tweeted yesterday morning that law enforcement has been “strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING.”

We decided to check who’s been notified about what, exactly...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1059470847751131138

2/ We asked the White House @PressSec to clarify. Who sent a notice? Who received it?

No answer.

@PressSec 3/ We asked @TheJusticeDept. They declined to comment.

The DOJ is sending election monitors to 19 states, as is typical.
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept 4/ The @FBI also declined to comment.

It did issue a joint statement on protecting the election from hackers.
fbi.gov/news/pressrel/…

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI 5/ The federal Election Assistance Commission, the @EACgov, told us: “We have not received or distributed any such notice.”

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov 6/ We checked with the head of the National Fusion Center Association, Mike Serna. Those centers were created after 9/11 to help info sharing. Surely they’d be aware of any presidential order.

“That is the first I’ve heard of that,” Serna told us.

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov 7/ We also asked the @NationalSheriff’ association. They hadn’t heard anything and are checking. The National Fraternal Order of Police, the @GLFOP, didn’t answer our questions.

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov @NationalSheriff @GLFOP 8/ Here is what @ProPublica’s @electionland HAS heard of instances of:

🗳️Late openings
🗳️Voting machine outages
🗳️Understaffing
🗳️Long lines

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov @NationalSheriff @GLFOP @electionland 9/ So, @realDonaldTrump, care to clarify?

@PressSec @TheJusticeDept @FBI @EACgov @NationalSheriff @GLFOP @electionland @realDonaldTrump 10/ To find out what’s *really* happening across the country on Election Day, follow @ElectionLand propublica.org/electionland