"This raid is a full-on coordinated assault weaponizing the justice department and DHS against people who are fighting for working-class voters and Black voters to make sure they have access to the ballot," Haney said in an interview.

"This is an unprecedented attack on democracy: these raids must end immediately," said Shontel Brown, an Ohio Democratic representative, whose district includes Cleveland.

"Unfortunately, this appears to be part of a systematic effort by Trump and Kash Patel's FBI to attack our elections and perpetuate more myths of voter fraud " all to undermine and challenge any election result that Trump does not agree with."

"This appears to be an outrageous fishing expedition, an attempt to intimidate people working for democracy in our communities and country. It is an egregious abuse of law enforcement for political ends, and it fits a pattern of federal inquiries targeting voting infrastructure ahead of the midterm elections," said Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice, a thinktank."

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Intimidation and false accusations are the Fascist Way.