Bishop Leads Election Probes, Seeks Voter Roll Cleansing

0:00It's April 1st, from your city to your ears. This is Durham News today, powered by AI. Dan Bishop, the interim U.S. attorney from North Carolina, just got handed a big job by the Justice Department. He's leading nationwide probes into election issues and digging through voter rolls from dozens of states to hunt for non-citizens who might have. Registered or voted. This comes right after President Trump signed an executive order, pushing for a national list of eligible voters and tighter rules on mail-in ballots. It's all tied to longstanding claims of fraud in the 2020 election, even though studies show those incidents are super rare, like less than 0.0025%. Folks are split on this. Democrats worry it could block real citizens from voting, while backers say it's about cleaning up the rolls. The department already asked for data from 48 states and DC, skipping just North Carolina and North Dakota so far. Bishop's no stranger to this fight. He pushed Trump's fraud narratives hard, voted against certifying Biden's win on January

1:026th, and even downplayed a 2018 scandal in. His own party, where illegal ballot harvesting, flipped a race in his favor, launching his congressional run. Now he's awaiting Senate confirmation for the full gig in North Carolina's middle district, keeping the focus on election integrity as these efforts. Ramp up across the board.