FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday cast doubts on concerns raised by some conservatives that mail-in voting could pose an increased chance of voter fraud, with Wray telling a Senate committee that widespread voter fraud would be a “major challenge” for a foreign adversary to pull off.
“We have not seen, historically, any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election whether it’s by mail or otherwise,” Wray testified to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a hearing on threats to the homeland. “We have seen voter fraud at the local level from time to time, so my comments should in no way be construed as minimizing how seriously we take our responsibility to investigate such incidents.”
Wray’s comments came after mail-in voting has faced months of criticism from top officials, including President Trump.
More recently, Twitter and Facebook both flagged posts from Trump suggesting that his supporters attempt top vote both via mail-in ballot and in-person. Both Trump and first lady Melania Trumpcast absentee ballots in the Florida primary elections in August.