Mullin denies directive to impersonate voters
Secretary of Homeland Security
“That's absolutely not the directive that we put out there, and it's not even close to what we're doing.”
Source and context
Interview
About this source
Bash asked Secretary Mullin whether DHS officers were told to misrepresent themselves to obtain voter records. Mullin denied that this was a DHS directive and said the department would fix the problem if it were true. CNN marks this as a rush transcript.
Before the quotation
Dana Bash asked Mullin about the whistleblower's allegation that officers had been told to misrepresent themselves to obtain sensitive voter records.
After the quotation
Mullin said he had not seen the whistleblower's materials, maintained that DHS was enforcing election and immigration law, and said it would fix the problem if true.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Did DHS direct officers to misrepresent themselves to search state voter records?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
Mullin explicitly denies that DHS directed officers to misrepresent themselves on voter portals. He says the department would correct such conduct if it occurred.
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Did DHS direct officers to misrepresent themselves to search state voter records?
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