Rep. Shontel Brown Says Ohioans 'Deserve Answers' After FBI Raid on Local Voting Group Office
Agents questioned members statewide and used search warrants as part of an ongoing fraud investigation, while OOC called the scrutiny political.
- Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the Cleveland headquarters of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative as part of an ongoing fraud investigation, though the U.S. Attorney's Office has not publicly explained the probe's specifics.
- The Ohio Organizing Collaborative is a large progressive nonprofit that received nearly $55 million between 2020 and 2024, with substantial funding from Democratic-aligned donors including the Soros family philanthropies.
- U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown called the raid "an unprecedented attack on democracy," while Mayor Justin Bibb wrote that Ohioans "deserve answers" regarding the legal basis for the search.
- The operation reflects the Trump administration's expanded use of federal law enforcement to probe election-related misconduct, which OOC officials characterized as a Justice Department effort to politicize the justice system.
- Observers compare this investigation to the 2008 ACORN voter registration probe, warning that current federal tactics could jeopardize civic participation and repeat past failures to protect democratic organizing efforts.
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Shontel Brown demands FBI explain Ohio voting organization raid
CLEVELAND -- Federal agents fanned out across Ohio last week, raiding the offices of a voting rights organization and showing up at employees’ homes. Five days later, U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown says they still don’t know why.
Rep. Shontel Brown says Ohioans 'deserve answers' after FBI raid on local voting group office
Following an FBI raid last week on the Cleveland office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, which works to help register people to vote, Rep. Shontel Brown is hosting a press conference Wednesday.
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Obama's Justice Department buried the FBI investigation into ACORN and let the voter fraud ring survive for years. Now the FBI just raided a Soros-funded Ohio voter fraud group with the same fraud record and the exact same excuses. Democrats called it a witch hunt – which is exactly what every guilty man says when […]
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