Trump offers $1 million for tipoffs leading to vote fraud conviction as midterms approach

on Monday announced a $1 million reward for information about voter fraud, in a fresh bid to sow doubt ahead of the US midterms and push his false claims about winning the 2020 election. 

"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 his Truth Social network.

The president gave no details of how the reward would be funded or administered.

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"Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000" Trump wrote on his social platform, Truth Social on 26 October 2026.

With the November 3 elections just eight days away, polls show Democrats pulling ahead as Republicans fight to retain control of both chambers of Congress.

A Democratic victory would threaten to stall Trump's agenda and expose his administration to congressional investigations during his final two years in office.