The Hound | June 16

FBI raids offices and homes of Ohio voter registration group, Trump DOJ likely investigating Gov. Newsom, and more.

June 16, 2026

Hi there,

It’s Tuesday. Yesterday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) accused Donald Trump of directing the DOJ to investigate him and his wife with federal agents visiting the homes of family friends and former employees in an effort to find a crime. In Wisconsin, three alleged planners of the fake elector scheme prepared to be arraigned this week as teh criminal charges against them move forward.

Trump and his allies were already purging voters, restricting the ballot, and lying about election results. Now the FBI has gone even further, with a raid on organizers and volunteers registering their neighbors to vote.

In case you missed it, federal agents just raided the Cleveland office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a group known for voter registration and community organizing, and reportedly seized documents and computer files. They’ve denied the public information about why the group was targeted, what justified the raid, or whether political pressure played any role.

The goal of this raid was simple and dangerous: to intimidate all of us and to make voting harder for the people most likely to be ignored, excluded, or suppressed. When voter registration drives are threatened, eligible voters are silenced before they ever get to cast a ballot.

Congress must expose the truth and make clear that federal law enforcement must never be weaponized against civic participation. And Congress must finally take decisive action to defend our freedom to vote.

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Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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