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Deidre Henderson is under formal investigation by the Department of Justice for failing to comply with voter record requests.

The Department of Justice has placed Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson under formal investigation for failing to provide the state's voter registration lists. The administration announced that the Justice Department is pursuing these records to identify alleged fraud in the nation's elections.

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Deidre Henderson expressed that the federal government is baselessly harassing election officials. She noted that her office reviewed the voter rolls and found only 27 noncitizens, none of whom had ever cast a ballot. Utah Governor Spencer Cox defended Deidre Henderson, stating that the federal government should resolve legal disagreements in court rather than investigating the lieutenant governor for carrying out her responsibilities under state law. The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon stated that the letters sent to states were intended to ensure that records are preserved during ongoing litigation. While the administration continues to pursue federal control over election data, several states have refused to hand over the unredacted databases containing sensitive information like driver's licenses and Social Security numbers.

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