President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has informed Michigan officials that it plans to send election monitors to Detroit, Lansing, and East Lansing in the upcoming primary elections.In a letter obtained by Detroit News, Timothy Mellett, deputy chief of the DOJ’s Voting Section, informed Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope of their plans.“As part of our assessment of your administration of the federal primary election, we plan to have election monitors at your 2026 primary election,” he wrote.“We will contact you a week prior to election monitoring to discuss the particulars of the monitoring effort.”Election monitors observe polling places and other aspects of the voting process to assess compliance with federal voting laws. JUST IN: The DOJ Civil Rights Division is surging ELECTION MONITORS to polling locations in DETROIT, MICHIGAN for the upcoming 2026 electionsGREAT! Secure elections are essential!Lansing and East Lansing will also see election monitors for the coming primary, per Detroit… pic.twitter.com/WHjDIAiUhb— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 7, 2026While they do not administer elections or handle ballots, they monitor election procedures, document potential irregularities, and report their findings to the Department of Justice.The three cities are Democratic strongholds and have a long history of electoral fraud. The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on this issue.BOMBSHELL: Detroit 2020 Election Document Investigation Reveals WHOPPING 12.4% of Absentee Ballots Are MISSING OFFICIAL ENVELOPE Required By Law From 51 Taxpayer-Subsidized Housing Addresses/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i