Trump offers $1 million reward for tips resulting in voter fraud convictions

President Donald Trump said Monday that the administration will pay out $1 million to tipsters who report cases of voter fraud that result in convictions, just one week before the polls close in the 2026 midterm elections.“Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Recommended Stories The statement was published as the president heads to Mississippi for a campaign rally to boost Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), who, polls show, runs in a close contest. It also comes as Trump is flexing the full extent of his political weight to boost Republicans heading into Election Day. The president has spent the better part of the past month crisscrossing the country, rallying for downballot candidates, where he consistently claims that Democrats have “rigged” past elections. In Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, Trump repeated his claim that Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is running for reelection this cycle, would have lost his first Senate campaign in 2020 if it weren’t for widespread voter fraud in Georgia’s Fulton County. He has similarly suggested Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system, and the appearance on this year’s ballot of a candidate who bears the same first and surname of incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), is an attempt by Democrats to steal the race.Last week, the president said he ordered the Justice Department to file a lawsuit blocking the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Sullivan loses his reelection bid.TRUMP: ‘PEOPLE DON’T TALK’ ABOUT DEMOCRATS’ STRONGEST 2028 CANDIDATEDespite attempts from some Republicans to distance themselves from Trump’s past claims regarding voter fraud, the president maintains that his own 2020 election loss was the result of voter fraud perpetrated in several states. Earlier this year, he lobbied congressional Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, which would restrict voting by mail and institute additional election security measures, though the legislation failed to pass the U.S. Senate.