# Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal charges

https://mins.news/en/item/123344

- NBC News, 2026-10-31 02:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/judge-orders-trump-administration-stop-threatening-election-officials-rcna606659

> A federal judge issued a sweeping order barring the Trump administration from threatening or intimidating election officials. The administration had used pressure tactics in the weeks before next week’s midterm elections.

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