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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) spoke about a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower's allegation that DHS was directing U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to illegally access state voter data. "The lengths Trump will go to cheat, lie, and steal in this upcoming election are simply beyond the pale," Schumer remarked. He added, "Apparently, agents are being commanded to violate state laws to access private voter information and fabricate law enforcement records as part of DHS' 'unlawful voter initiative.'" At the time of this news conference, the midterm elections were less than two months away.<br /><br />Sponsor: U.S. Capitol

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00:00:00RESTORATION AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, GET THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ENGAGE,
00:00:03ENGAGE, ENGAGE, AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN. >> WELL, I KNOW THIS ROOM IS A
00:00:07BIG CHUNK OF THAT THAT'S READY TO DO JUST THAT. SO PLEASE JOIN
00:00:10ME IN THANKING OUR >> [APPLAUSE] >> PANELISTS TODAY.
00:00:14>> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
00:00:15>> [APPLAUSE]
00:00:28>> TUESDAY LIVE AT 9 A.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN. THREE, THE
00:00:31SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARS FROM FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL
00:00:35DURING A HEARING ON OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
00:00:38INVESTIGATION. WATCH IT LIVE. TUESDAY MORNING AT 9:00 EASTERN
00:00:41ON C-SPAN 3 C-SPAN NOW, OUR FREE
00:00:43MOBILE VIDEO APP, OR ONLINE AT
00:00:47C-SPAN .ORG. >> A DHS WHISTLEBLOWER HAS ALLEGED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:00:51HOMELAND SECURITY IS DIRECTING IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS TO
00:00:54ILLEGALLY ACCESS STATE VOTER DATA. UP NEXT, THE DEMOCRATIC
00:00:57LEADER IN THE SENATE, CHUCK SCHUMER, AND CALIFORNIA SENATOR
00:01:01ALEX PADILLA, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS,
00:01:04WITH SENATOR SCHUMER, SAYING, QUOTE, THE LENGTHS TRUMP WILL GO
00:01:07TO CHEAT, LIE AND STEAL IN THIS
00:01:10UPCOMING ELECTION ARE SIMPLY
00:01:11BEYOND THE PALE. HERE'S A LOOK.
00:01:18>> OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, AND I'M SO PROUD TO
00:01:20BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE, GREAT
00:01:22SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA, ALEX
00:01:26PADILLA. OKAY, WELL, LOOK, WE
00:01:29JUST GOT MORE PROOF OF TRUMP'S
00:01:32VILE SCHEMES TO RIG OUR
00:01:34ELECTIONS. SENATOR PADILLA AND I
00:01:37ARE REVEALING A BOMBSHELL WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT ABOUT
00:01:41THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
00:01:44SECURITY'S EFFORT TO INTERFERE
00:01:46IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION ON
00:01:48TRUMP'S BEHALF. A DHS WHISTLEBLOWER WARNS THAT THE
00:01:52DEPARTMENT IS PULLING HUNDREDS,
00:01:53HUNDREDS OF FEDERAL AGENTS FROM NATIONAL SECURITY ROLES AND
00:01:57SENDING THEM ON A WILD GOOSE
00:01:58CHASE. THE GOAL? TO TRY AND
00:02:01PROVE TRUMP'S SAD, TIRED AND
00:02:04LONG DEBUNKED ELECTION
00:02:07CONSPIRACY THEORIES. THE LENGTHS TRUMP WILL GO TO CHEAT, LIE AND
00:02:11STEAL IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION
00:02:13ARE SIMPLY BEYOND THE PALE.
00:02:15APPARENTLY, AGENTS ARE BEING
00:02:21COMMANDED TO VIOLATE STATE LAWS TO ACCESS PRIVATE VOTER INFORMATION AND FABRICATE LAW
00:02:24ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT RECORDS.
00:02:26AS PART OF DHS, QUOTE, UNLAWFUL
00:02:31VOTER INITIATIVE, DHS IS PULLING THESE OFFICERS AWAY FROM WORK.
00:02:34THEY WERE HIRED TO DO, INCLUDING PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL
00:02:38SECURITY, TO GO HUNTING FOR OR
00:02:42WORSE, MANUFACTURING EVIDENCE OF
00:02:43VOTER FRAUD CLAIMS. AND THEY'RE
00:02:46ENSNARING AMERICANS IN THEIR
00:02:47SCHEMES. THE WHISTLEBLOWER
00:02:51ALLEGES THAT U.S. CITIZENS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED AND FLAGGED
00:02:54BASED ON UNRELIABLE DATA. YOU
00:02:57HEAR THAT, AMERICA, DHS, UNDER
00:03:00TRUMP, IS FORCING ITS OFFICIALS
00:03:03TO CARRY OUT AN ILLEGAL SCHEME,
00:03:07BREAK STATE LAWS, AND TREAT U.S.
00:03:09CITIZENS AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE,
00:03:12ALL TO ADVANCE HIS SCHEME TO RIG THE ELECTION. THEY'RE EVEN
00:03:15ASKING PEOPLE TO LIE ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES SO THEY CAN CREATE
00:03:19THIS ILLEGAL SCHEME. WE ARE
00:03:22WEEKS FROM MIDTERMS. AMERICANS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR BEING
00:03:25TARGETED BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF HOW THEY'RE
00:03:29REGISTERED TO VOTE. SENATOR
00:03:31PADILLA AND I ARE DEMANDING THAT
00:03:34DHS IMMEDIATELY SHUT THIS
00:03:36INITIATIVE DOWN AND GIVE CONGRESS ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT
00:03:39IT'S DOING, WHAT DATA IT'S USING, HOW MANY AMERICANS HAVE
00:03:43BEEN SWEPT UP IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS. TRUMP IS WILLING
00:03:46TO GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO INTERFERE IN THESE ELECTIONS. WE
00:03:50WILL GO TO EVERY LENGTH
00:03:52NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEM, EVERY
00:03:55ELIGIBLE AMERICAN DESERVES TO
00:03:59VOTE. EVERY LAWFUL VOTE DESERVES
00:04:01TO BE COUNTED, AND AMERICANS,
00:04:04NOT TRUMP, WILL DECIDE OUR ELECTIONS. ALEX. AND I'M GOING
00:04:08TO TURN IT OVER. IT'S GOING TO BE IN ALEX'S CAPABLE HANDS
00:04:12>> THANK YOU, LEADER SCHUMER.
00:04:14THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, JOINING
00:04:17US THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK, WE'VE
00:04:20KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT
00:04:22DONALD TRUMP WILL GO TO
00:04:25EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO TRY TO INTERFERE WITH THE MIDTERM
00:04:27ELECTIONS. AND JUST LAST WEEK IN DALLAS, YOU HEARD HIM CALL ON
00:04:31HIS SUPPORTERS TO, QUOTE, CHEAT
00:04:33LIKE HELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT REPUBLICANS WIN THIS NOVEMBER.
00:04:37TRUMP'S WORDS CHEAT LIKE HELL.
00:04:40HE EVEN OFFERED $5,000 TO EVERY
00:04:43AMERICAN. IF THEY REELECT
00:04:46REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES BUT TODAY,
00:04:48WE HAVE NEW INSIGHT INTO JUST
00:04:50HOW FAR THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
00:04:53WILLING TO GO. THANKS TO THE
00:04:56COURAGE. COURAGE OF A WHISTLEBLOWER WHO CAME FORWARD
00:05:00LAST WEEK. WE NOW KNOW THAT THE
00:05:03UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE OFFICERS
00:05:06HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LIE.
00:05:08THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED TO
00:05:11MISREPRESENT THEMSELVES TO
00:05:13ACCESS STATE VOTER SYSTEMS,
00:05:17SYSTEMS, EXPLICITLY WARNING THAT ACCESSING ANOTHER VOTER'S
00:05:20INFORMATION WITHOUT
00:05:23AUTHORIZATION IS AGAINST THE
00:05:26LAW. YOU CANNOT BREAK THE LAW
00:05:30WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE TRYING TO
00:05:32ENFORCE THE LAW, BUT THEY'RE
00:05:34DOING IT ANYWAY. SYSTEMATICALLY
00:05:37TO OBTAIN THE KIND OF PRIVATE
00:05:40VOTER INFORMATION LIKE REGISTRATION STATUS, POLITICAL
00:05:43PARTY VOTING HISTORY, AND MORE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN
00:05:47TRYING TO GET HIS HANDS ON SINCE
00:05:512017. THAT'S RIGHT. ALMOST TEN
00:05:54YEARS. IN 2017, I SERVED THIS
00:05:56CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE,
00:05:58AND I STOPPED HIM FROM OBTAINING
00:06:02CALIFORNIA VOTER DATA AS MY SECRETARY OF STATE. COLLEAGUES
00:06:05FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, DID AS
00:06:09WELL TODAY, IT'S 2026, AND
00:06:14IT'S THE COURTS THAT HAVE
00:06:14STOPPED DONALD TRUMP OVER 30
00:06:18TIMES FROM TRYING TO FORCE
00:06:20STATES TO SUBMIT THEIR VOTER
00:06:23REGISTRATION DATABASES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT WHEN THE
00:06:27FRONT DOOR IS LOCKED, TRUMP TRIES TO BREAK IN THE BACK DOOR,
00:06:30AND NOW HE HAS USCIS OFFICERS
00:06:34COMBINING THE DAY THAT THEY ARE
00:06:38GETTING WITH OTHER DHS DATA THAT
00:06:41THEY RECOGNIZE, AND THEY ADMIT,
00:06:44IS UNRELIABLE, AND WHICH
00:06:48INCLUDES LOT OF U.S. CITIZENS.
00:06:52THEY'RE DOING THIS TO BUILD CASES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS AT THE
00:06:56RATE OF FIVE CASES PER HOUR. THAT'S THEIR CHARGE. THAT'S
00:06:59THEIR QUOTA. ONE CASE EVERY 12
00:07:03MINUTES. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY A LOT OF TIME IN WHICH TO CONDUCT
00:07:07A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. AND
00:07:12THEY'RE RELYING ON SOMETHING
00:07:14QUOTE, SUPPLEMENTAL MAGIC TO DO
00:07:17IT. LET'S BE CLEAR, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT ANY OF
00:07:20THIS IT'S UNRELIABLE DATA,
00:07:25COMBINED WITH DATA THAT THEY
00:07:27COULDN'T GET THROUGH FAILED
00:07:30LITIGATION BEING USED TO
00:07:32MANUFACTURE ALLEGATIONS AND
00:07:35MISIDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS. AS A,
00:07:41QUOTE, UNLAWFUL VOTER. AND THAT
00:07:44FALSE LABEL HAS SERIOUS, SERIOUS
00:07:47CONSEQUENCES. IT CAN FOLLOW YOU TO THE AIRPORT WHEN YOU'RE
00:07:51SUDDENLY PULLED ASIDE AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP OVERSEAS.
00:07:55IT CAN SHOW UP AT YOUR HOME WHEN
00:07:57THE FBI OR HOMELAND SECURITY
00:07:59INVESTIGATORS KNOCK ON YOUR
00:08:02DOOR. BUT EVEN MORE TROUBLING IS
00:08:05THAT WHEN OFFICERS HAVE RAISED
00:08:09QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF
00:08:12THIS INITIATIVE, THEY'VE
00:08:14REPORTEDLY BEEN TOLD TO PROCEED ANYWAY. AND PROMISE THAT THEY
00:08:18WON'T BE HELD. PERSONALLY
00:08:21LIABLE THAT'S WHAT'S COMING FROM
00:08:26SUPERIORS. IN RESPONSE TO OFFICERS WHO ARE RAISING THESE
00:08:30CONCERNS. IF THIS EFFORT IS TRULY LEGAL, THEN WHY DOES DHS
00:08:34LEADERSHIP HAVE TO PROMISE ITS OFFICERS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING
00:08:37TO BE HELD LIABLE, THE TRUTH IS,
00:08:42THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
00:08:45PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS. THAT'S JUST A
00:08:49PRETEXT. IT'S ABOUT THE
00:08:53POTENTIAL OF USING MANUFACTURED
00:08:55EVIDENCE TO INTIMIDATE VOTERS,
00:08:58TO DISENFRANCHIZE ELIGIBLE
00:09:02AMERICANS. AND EVEN UNDERMINE OR CHALLENGE THIS NOVEMBER'S
00:09:05ELECTION RESULTS. CLASSIC TRUMP
00:09:11PLAYBOOK. WE'RE 50 DAYS AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY, AND THE
00:09:14STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. SO
00:09:17SENATOR SCHUMER AND I ARE CALLING ON SECRETARY MULLEN TO
00:09:21IMMEDIATELY END THIS UNLAWFUL
00:09:23SHAM INITIATIVE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
00:09:27POWER TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE WHO
00:09:29HAS BROKEN THE LAW IS HELD
00:09:34ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU
00:09:42>> DOING THIS. I'M CURIOUS. YOU KNOW, AS AMERICANS LISTENING OUT
00:09:45THERE AND MAYBE DON'T UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE GRAVITY
00:09:48OF WHAT LEADER SCHUMER AND WHAT YOUR WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO
00:09:51AMERICANS OUT THERE WHO MAY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
00:09:55HYPERBOLIC OR THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THIS IS JUST DEMOCRATS,
00:09:58YOU KNOW, SAYING, OH, TRUMP IS DOING SOMETHING BAD, LIKE KIND OF, CAN YOU LEVEL SET FOR
00:10:02AMERICANS OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE GRAVITY
00:10:05OF THE WORDS THAT YOU JUST SAID? YEAH. >> UH, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. I
00:10:09MEAN, AS I MOVE ABOUT THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY THROUGHOUT
00:10:12THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, I DO GET THE QUESTION, UH, ARE WE
00:10:16GOING TO HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER? BECAUSE
00:10:19THEY KNOW WHAT DONALD TRUMP AND
00:10:22HIS, UH, MAGA SUPPORTERS AND HIS
00:10:25SUPPORTERS HERE IN CONGRESS ARE
00:10:27DOING TO TRY TO, UH, INTERFERE,
00:10:33WHETHER IT'S DISENFRANCHIZING VOTERS TAKING THEM OFF THE VOTER ROLLS, WHETHER IT'S TRYING TO
00:10:36ELIMINATE VOTE BY MAIL OPPORTUNITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE.
00:10:39AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR
00:10:42THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE, STANDING UP
00:10:45TO DEFEND FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. OUR ELECTIONS ARE
00:10:49SAFE AND SECURE. UH, AND I THINK WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE,
00:10:52IT'S A POLITICAL EFFORT. DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HIS RECORD HAS BEEN
00:10:56SO BAD. UH, NOT JUST UNPOPULAR, BUT HARMFUL TO FAMILIES ACROSS
00:10:58THE COUNTRY. HIS ONLY CHANCE OF
00:11:02KEEPING REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES IN
00:11:06CONGRESS IS TO INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTIONS. UH, THAT'S
00:11:09THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL HAS BEEN ABOUT, STARTING FROM THE
00:11:12REDISTRICTING FIGHTS FROM LAST
00:11:14YEAR TO HIS EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THE VOTER ROLLS. AND NOW WE KNOW
00:11:18WHY HE WAS SO DESPERATE TO TRY
00:11:20TO GET VOTER ROLLS TO HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE VOTE BY
00:11:24MAIL. ON AND ON AND ON. UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:11:27DEFEND THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND ACCESS TO THE BALLOT YES.
00:11:31>> WHAT? WHAT, EXACTLY? ASIDE
00:11:34FROM THESE PRESS CONFERENCES AND
00:11:36RELEASES, CAN DEMOCRATS DO TO
00:11:40ACTUALLY ACTUALLY PUSH BACK? RIGHT. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE PROTECTIONS
00:11:44IN PLACE SO THAT THESE OFFICERS, IF THEY DO SHOW UP, DO NOT
00:11:47ULTIMATELY INTERFERE? CAN YOU SPEAK TO SORT OF WHAT PERHAPS IT
00:11:50IS THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN TO, TO ACTUALLY PUSH BACK?
00:11:53>> RIGHT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S,
00:11:55UH, MULTIPLE PRONGS HERE, RIGHT?
00:11:59ONE IS WHAT LEGISLATIVE TOOLS DO WE HAVE TO, TO PUSH BACK? SO IT'S ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
00:12:03WE'VE FORMALLY SENT A LETTER,
00:12:06NOT JUST, UH, ASKING SECRETARY
00:12:08MULLIN TO CEASE THIS INITIATIVE,
00:12:11BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM TO COME FORWARD WITH, UH, HOW
00:12:14THIS ALL CAME TOGETHER. NUMBER
00:12:17ONE. UH, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN WE
00:12:19TAKE THE, THE MAJORITY, WE'LL BE
00:12:21ABLE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS UNDER
00:12:24OATH. IF THEY'RE NOT MORE RESPONSIVE AND FORTHCOMING
00:12:28BEFORE THEM. UH, SECOND, LEGALLY, UH, EXERCISING ALL OF
00:12:32OUR LEGAL OPTIONS. UH, BUT ONE
00:12:33OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EFFORTS IS
00:12:37LETTING VOTERS KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR POWER, RIGHT? THEY
00:12:40HAVE 50 DAYS TILL ELECTION DAY, AND THEY SHOULD MAKE THEIR PLAN
00:12:44TO VOTE. THEY SHOULD VERIFY FOR
00:12:46THEMSELVES THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS TO MAKE SURE
00:12:50THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IMPROPERLY REMOVED FROM THE ROLLS BY TRUMP
00:12:53AND HIS ALLIES. UH, THEY SHOULD MAKE THEIR PLAN TO VOTE IN A
00:12:57STATE THAT OFFERS VOTE BY MAIL. KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO REQUEST YOUR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT? YOU
00:13:00DON'T. YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FEDERAL AGENTS AT THE
00:13:03POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL. STATES THAT OFFER
00:13:07EARLY VOTING OPPORTUNITIES, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO EXERCISE
00:13:10THOSE MORE. PEOPLE THAT VOTE EARLY, UH, WHETHER IT'S BY MAIL
00:13:13OR IN PERSON, ARE LESS PEOPLE
00:13:15WHO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SHENANIGANS ON ELECTION DAY. BUT
00:13:19REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU DO IT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE VERIFY YOUR
00:13:22REGISTRATION STATUS OR YOUR REGISTER. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
00:13:25REGISTERED BEFORE, YOU MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE, YOU VOTE AND GET
00:13:28EVERY FAMILY MEMBER, EVERY FRIEND, EVERY COWORKER, EVERY
00:13:31NEIGHBOR TO DO THE SAME. THANK
00:13:37YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
00:13:41YOU.
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00:15:20UNFILTERED BISHOP WILLIAM BARBER
00:15:26IS CO-CHAIR OF THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN. HE WAS
00:15:29JOINED BY OTHER FAITH LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS FOR A PRESS
00:15:33CONFERENCE ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO RESTRICT MAIL IN VOTING. THEY DISCUSS EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND
00:15:37OTHER POLICIES, AND HOW THEIR
00:15:39COALITION OF FAITH GROUPS WOULD
00:15:42RESPOND. THIS IS ABOUT 50
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00:15:48>> THOSE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA THAT
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00:15:54ACROSS THE FRONT ROW MAKE SURE '
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