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The Government Accountability Office has accepted a request by a group of U.S. senators to investigate the activities of President Donald Trump’s commission on voter fraud.
Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota wrote the watchdog agency last week to request the probe, citing a lack of transparency surrounding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. The senators said in a statement Thursday the GAO investigation would begin in about five months.
“The GAO’s decision to investigate is essential to protecting American voters,” Bennet said. “In its review, the GAO must ensure the Commission’s work isn’t using taxpayer money to support conspiracies long relegated to the fringes of political discourse.”
An email to Andrew Kossack, the commission’s executive director, was not immediately returned.
The Trump commission has stirred controversy since it was established last spring. Its first significant action was to request a wide range of information about all registered voters in every state, including partial Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and voting history.
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