The board “stands ready to assist any federal, state, or local investigation into illegal activity.” They refused, however, to be part of any scheme “if the purpose of the investigation is to advance a false narrative of voter fraud, if it’s to propagandize a voter ID amendment [that was on the state’s midterm ballot], if it’s to suppress African-American votes, [or] if it’s to intimidate Hispanic voters.”112 The board members, therefore, questioned ICE about the “political motivation behind this unprecedented request.” They brought up how “President Trump has continually repeated false claims
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