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She stated that thousands of cases are under review and that the Biden administration prosecuted 13 people for noncitizen voting.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T17:25:28.350Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-19T14:37:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T17:25:28.350Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":76,"critic":95,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 76: named officials, specific figure 13, two independent full reports, and clear time/place details.","critic":"Critic 95: explains relevance, quotes Dhillon and Stahl, provides figures, and outlines next steps clearly.","hype":"Hype 30: headline mildly emphasizes investigation but body matches content without sensational exaggeration."}},"tags":["#ElectionIntegrity","#NonCitizenVoting","#DOJ","#60Minutes","#TrumpAdministration"],"entities":["Harmeet Dhillon","Donald Trump","Lesley Stahl","CBS","60 Minutes","Biden administration"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon defended the Trump administration's investigation into noncitizen voters on CBS \"60 Minutes\".","Dhillon stated that the Biden administration prosecuted 13 people for noncitizen voting and that \"thousands\" of cases are under review.","She denied that the investigations are intended to sow distrust in the election system.","Dhillon also stated there are no plans to deploy ICE agents to polling locations and no expected interruption in counting election results."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon appeared on CBS' “60 Minutes” to defend the Trump administration’s investigation into noncitizen voters. During the interview, Dhillon stated that the Biden administration had prosecuted 13 individuals for noncitizen voting. She also indicated that \"thousands\" of such cases are currently under review."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Dhillon pushed back against the suggestion that the investigations were aimed at sowing distrust in the election system. She stated that distrust already exists and that these prosecutions are occurring for the first time in volume. When asked about the possibility of sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to polling locations, Dhillon said there were \"no plans\" to do so. She also indicated that there should be no interruption in the usual course of counting and certifying election results."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the purpose of investigations"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Host Lesley Stahl questioned the purpose of investigating noncitizen voting, stating that \"very few people who are noncitizens end up voting.\" Dhillon responded that the point was the opposite of sowing distrust, asserting that \"the distrust is there.\" Democratic Accent reported that Stahl interrupted Dhillon, calling the numbers \"tiny.\" The Gateway Pundit framed Stahl as confused and unable to understand why the Trump administration would investigate illegal alien voters."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports or digests mention any plans to deploy ICE agents to polling locations. 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