DOJ urges court to reject effort to block Trump election security commission data request

Justice Department lawyers are pressing a federal district court to deny efforts by privacy advocates to block the work of a commission formed by President Trump to investigate potential voter fraud, in a case that could determine the federal government's authority to set security requirements for election data.

DOJ rejects claims that the commission's request by email for data from state election boards could subject sensitive voter information to security risks.

“This email is a White House email address (in...