Press Release: Muskegon Election Irregularities Deserve Answers, Not Denials
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Chris Kaijala, Member of the
Muskegon County Election Committee August 17, 2026 Cell: (231) 720-0996
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — In President Donald Trump’s July 16, 2026, speech, he
discussed Muskegon voter fraud and acknowledged that declassified FBI documents
concerning the investigation were being made available to the public.
Those documents show members of the news media, Democrats, and the Muskegon
County Clerk have acted as though there were no significant issues involving the 2020
election or other recent elections in Muskegon County. Some news outlets immediately
reported major misinformation about the investigation.
FOX 2 Detroit, for example, reported following the President’s speech that approximately
6,000 voter registration applications were involved and that the Michigan State Police had
stated that “the registrations were voided and had no impact on the election.”
The facts are considerably more serious.
As many as 12,500 registrations were attempted to be submitted on one single day to the
Clerk in the City of Muskegon in October 2020, and the chief investigator for the Michigan
State Police stated that all the registrations were turned over to the Michigan Secretary of
State without MSP scrutiny. Many more registrations from the same firm, GBI
Strategies, were added to the voter rolls throughout 2020. The police report contains no
accounting of the final number or disposition of those documents or any thorough
investigation as to the voter fraud that happened. That information was not released by the
Michigan Secretary of State because the matter was supposedly "under investigation."
We also now know that there was never any serious, good faith, investigation into these
crimes. The Muskegon fraudulent-voter-registration case was covered-up by Michigan
Attorney Dana Nessel, and also by the U.S. Department of Justice in October 2023, as
shown by the Trump documents.
Claims by the Muskegon County Clerk that President Trump alleged “voter fraud” or made
“nefarious allegations” are also not credible. The FBI itself stated that fraudulent registrations were completed. Yet the facts surrounding those registrations were covered up and went unreported by the Michigan Secretary of State and Michigan Attorney General. And no evidence has been presented to show that none of these registrations were used to cast a vote.
It is clear that thousands of misdemeanors occurred, yet not one prosecution was pursued
by the Muskegon County Prosecutor, the State of Michigan, or the Biden Department of
Justice. The maximum potential fines would be $6.25 million.
Have any of these offices downloaded and reviewed the newly declassified documents?
The Michigan Secretary of State did not publicly acknowledge the case until the story broke
in The Gateway Pundit in 2023.
Additionally, on August 6, 2026, The Gateway Pundit reported that the issue was much
larger than the phony registrations discovered in Muskegon. In fact, 104 packages, boxes,
of voter registrations were mailed to 68 clerks statewide. The MSP complaint did not
report this fact because the state investigation was quickly terminated by the Michigan
Attorney General and turned over to the FBI.
Only two or more of those packages were mailed to the City of Muskegon, while another
bundle was dropped off in person. In private chats, Clerks referred to these as "care
packages."
ELECTION CONFIDENCE REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY
President Trump stated that the purpose of his speech was to restore confidence in
elections by confronting vulnerabilities in the election process.
The ability to openly discuss those vulnerabilities and identify solutions is important for
citizens throughout Michigan. Eliminating legitimate questions about election
vulnerabilities is essential to restoring the trust of Michigan voters.
Denials do not create trust. Only an examination of the actual facts will dispel rumors and
suspicion.
Unfortunately, the Muskegon County Clerk has not lived up to her department’s mission
statement. Several significant concerns remain unanswered:
1. Election concerns raised by the Muskegon County GOP have been ignored.
The County Clerk is aware of numerous issues that occurred in Muskegon County
elections. On June 17, 2025, the Muskegon County Republican Party sent the Clerk a letter
identifying 11 areas of concern related to the November 2024 election. Her office
provided no response.
A follow-up meeting with the County Administrator was held in July 2025, and the Clerk
was invited to attend. She did not attend, send a representative, or otherwise respond.
A subsequent letter was sent to the Deputy County Administrator seeking answers
concerning one of the 11 issues. Again, there was no response from the Clerk.
These concerns are not new. The Muskegon County GOP Election Committee issued a 24-
page report in April 2022 addressing the condition of elections and voter registrations in
the county.
2. Muskegon County experienced an extraordinary increase in voter registrations.
Between October 2019 and November 2020, the number of voter registrations in Muskegon
County skyrocketed by approximately 17,100 registrations.
For years, the county had averaged an increase of approximately 1,250 new voter
registrations per year.
The county’s voter registration rolls are now 'over-enrolled' by approximately 26,000
registrations.
These extraordinary numbers deserve investigation and explanation, not dismissal.
3. Republican election inspectors have not received adequate representation or
access.
There has not been sufficient Republican representation among election inspectors in
Muskegon County. Clerks have consistently found ways to deny Republican applicants
training or access.
In Muskegon Heights, Republican election inspector applications were explicitly turned
away.
THE PUBLIC DESERVES ANSWERS
Until election officials begin taking these concerns seriously, the public will continue to be
skeptical and upset about the state of elections, not only in Muskegon County but
throughout Michigan.
Denials and misinformation from city and state officials, as well as local and national
media, concerning the Muskegon voter registration scandal do nothing to restore public
confidence.
Instead, they reinforce the perception that officials are not interested in openly
discussing these issues, determining what happened, and resolving vulnerabilities so
that the public can once again trust its elections and election officials.
The solution is simple: examine the evidence, answer the questions, and give the public
the facts.
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See Attached Letter's to:
State Representative Smit:
Muskegon County Deputy Administrator, Matt Farrar
Muskegon County Clerk, Karen Whitehouse
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