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AG Blanche at Iowa Fair Amid Voter Data Push | Des Moines News
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche turned grill master at the Iowa State Fair, flipping burgers beside Iowa’s AG Brenna Bird — insisting it was all about honoring a promise to Senator Chuck Grassley and celebrating America’s agricultural heartland. But beneath the fairground smiles, the visit coincided with the DOJ’s ongoing, high-stakes push to obtain state voter registration data — a legal battle hitting roadblocks in court. As a wave of Trump-era officials descend on Iowa ahead of the election, speculation swirls about political strategy, even as Blanche and Bird both stress their focus on…
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