releases: https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-demands-answers-from-attorney-general-bondi-about-trump-administrations-request-for-sensitive-vermont-voter-data/
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| https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-demands-answers-from-attorney-general-bondi-about-trump-administrations-request-for-sensitive-vermont-voter-data/ | Welch Demands Answers from Attorney General Bondi About Trump Administration’s Request for Sensitive Vermont Voter Data | 2025-10-08 | 2025 | 2025-10 | Democrat | Senate | VT | Peter Welch | W000800 | www.welch.senate.gov | welch | https://www.welch.senate.gov/category/press-release/page/ | scraper | Sen. Welch: “There is a point of view that is in dispute here about the fairness of elections. But you have the power as the U.S. Attorney General to use the authority of your office to make demands on states, and you did that with Vermont. That’s within your right to do it. I’m not disputing your legal authority to do it.” Bondi: “Is Vermont disputing turning over the information to our office?” Sen. Welch: “Vermont is—the Secretary of State is—and you can resolve that with her.” Bondi: “And we have every right to have that information, Senator. Why wouldn’t they want to turn it in?” Sen. Welch: “You’re a prosecutor with the awesome authority to make the decision that you’re going to start an investigation against a state, or against an individual. And I know from your experience as a county prosecutor and as the Attorney General in Florida, you took seriously that obligation to have a factual basis before you’d proceed, right?” Bondi: “Senator, I take that role, I take my oath very seriously. And I take fair and free elections in this country very seriously.” Sen. Welch: “We all do.” Bondi: “And that information—our office is entitled to have that information. And we are involved in litigation on that, and I assume we’ll be involved in litigation with Vermont.” Sen. Welch: “What I’m asking is: do you or does your head of this voting section have any factual basis that you can point to that justifies your demand that Vermont turn over all of this confidential voting rights information?” Bondi: “Well, it would remain confidential with my office…We’ve asked that of every state, Senator.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T19:32:54Z |