Larson Applauds Court Order Blocking Illegal Trump Voter Purge Database

East Hartford, CT - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded a federal court ruling blocking President Trump's illegal database that would have empowered erroneous and unlawful purges of voters in across the country. This ruling follows a bombshell court filing earlier this year revealing that 'DOGE' staff at the Social Security Administration (SSA) signed an agreement with an outside political group to use SSA data to overturn election results.

"This was not the first time President Trump and his allies tried to use Social Security data to interfere with our elections-and it likely will not be the last," said Larson. "I have been warning about this administration's abuse of your confidential records at Social Security since March of last year, and introduced a bill kick 'DOGE' out of your data and put stiffer penalties in place for their privacy violations. In January, the Trump Administration admitted in court to an effort by 'DOGE' employees to use private data at Social Security to overturn election results. We now know that in May, the administration also secretly adopted a policy to hand your Social Security records directly to the Department of Homeland Security, as part of a pressure campaign to purge voters from the rolls. I applaud Judge Sooknanan for standing with the people against this illegal edict. The President sees the United Constitution as merely a suggestion, and not the law of the land. That was clear when he threatened to 'nationalize' our elections, and today's court ruling revealed that he has already used your data at Social Security to illegally deprive fellow citizens of their fundamental right to vote. That is a criminal act. The officials involved in this scheme need to come forward and testify under oath before the United States Congress-something they have refused to do for over a year. There must be accountability."

The Trump voter database follows his threats to "nationalize our elections," and a push from Republicans in Congress to pass his so-called "SAVE America Act" that would create more barriers for Americans to vote and empower the Department of Homeland Security to purge voters from the rolls. Larson has voted against the SAVE Actthree times and continues to oppose any effort to make it harder for citizens to cast their ballots. Ranking Member Larson's Protecting Americans' Social Security Data Act would block political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at the Social Security Administration and establish privacy requirements in law for beneficiary data and strengthen oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries' personal information.

In response to the President's continued threats challenging the right to vote, he introduced the Stop ICE Election Militarization Act to prevent the federal government from deploying immigration enforcement to the polls, a Resolution of Inquiry probing illegal election interference efforts at the Social Security Administration, and joined Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03) to introduce the Voter Purge Protection Act, which would put protections into federal law to prevent anyone from improperly removing an eligible voter from the rolls. Earlier this month, he joined Rep. Jonathan Jackson (IL-01) to propose a constitutional amendment explicitly affirming the right to vote for all U.S. citizens.