FBI searches offices of Ohio voting-rights group

[struggle4progress]

Feds haven’t said what the group is suspected of doing wrong
By: Marty Schladen
June 12, 2026

Two Ohio congresswomen are slamming the FBI over reports that agents on Thursday searched the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, an organization that advocates for voting and labor rights and against outsized corporate power.

Agents also reportedly fanned out across the state to interview people who have worked with the collaborative and in some cases seized their electronic devices such as phones and laptops.

The FBI and the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Prentiss Haney, a board member of the organizing collaborative, confirmed to multiple news outlets that FBI actions happened on Thursday. He and others with the organization couldn’t immediately be reached.

Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, who represents Cleveland, said her inquiries haven’t been answered, either ...

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/12/fbi-searches-offices-of-ohio-voting-rights-group/

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1. FBI seizes devices from voting rights group

ABC News
Jun 13, 2026

FBI agents reportedly raided the offices of a prominent Ohio voting-rights group. Federal prosecutors are not saying what prompted the search.

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2. Ohio progressive group searched by FBI accuses Trump's DOJ of intimidation

The Justice Department investigation is focused on the group’s voter registration efforts, and is part of the administration’s ongoing effort to pursue allegations of voter fraud.

June 12, 2026, 10:49 AM EDT / Updated June 12, 2026, 1:01 PM EDT
By Ryan J. Reilly

FBI special agents searched an office of a progressive organization in Ohio on Thursday as part of a Justice Department investigation into its voter registration efforts, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The search at the Ohio Organizing Collaborative’s office comes as President Donald Trump continues to suggest without evidence that voter fraud is rampant, and repeats false claims about the 2020 presidential election. The FBI in February also raided a Georgia elections hub related to the 2020 presidential election, and California prosecutors have said they are looking into claims of voter fraud in the Los Angeles mayor’s race after Trump made unfounded suggestions of fraud ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ohio-progressive-group-raided-fbi-accuses-trumps-doj-intimidation-rcna349745

[SSJVegeta]

3. I assume they were able to fenagle themselves a warrant?

[LisaL]

4. FBI went to homes of the employees. They didn't have warrants for the homes.

""They were following people in their cars. Following kids to school. They were knocking on doors. Calling the phone. Demanding to come into houses to get phones without warrants," he said."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-organizing-collaborative-fraud-investigation-fbi/

[SSJVegeta]

5. ...