Trump Puts $1 Million Bounty on Voter Fraud Tips Ahead of Midterms

President Donald Trump has put a million dollars on the table for anyone who can point authorities toward voter fraud that ends in an arrest and conviction. The offer covers both past elections and the upcoming midterm races, and he made it clear the money only comes if someone is actually charged and found guilty.

Trump first laid out the idea in a Truth Social post on Monday. “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,” he wrote. “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

He repeated the pledge later that day while talking to reporters before boarding Air Force One on his way to a campaign rally in Mississippi. “I’m also going to be issuing a $1m bonus or reward, or whatever you want to call it, for anybody that reports voter fraud, leading to the arrest and conviction of somebody,” he said, according to USA Today.

The announcement comes as Republicans head into the midterms with control of both the House and Senate on the line. Trump has already floated another big promise earlier this year, telling supporters that every American adult would get $5,000 if the party holds both chambers. At the same time, he has continued to raise the possibility of fraud in the upcoming vote, just as he did after the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden. Studies and court rulings have repeatedly found no evidence of widespread voter fraud capable of changing election outcomes.

How Trump plans to fund the million-dollar rewards remains unclear. The offer also arrives while Democratic attorneys general in several states are preparing for possible federal involvement in the midterms. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has criticized the administration’s focus on alleged noncitizen voting, accusing officials of “politicizing and weaponizing the law,” Reuters reported.

Cash rewards for election tips are not new. In 2020, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick offered $25,000 for information that led to voter fraud convictions. The first payout went to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker in Pennsylvania. His tip resulted in the conviction of a 72-year-old Republican who had voted twice, once in his own name and once using his son’s name. The Washington Post covered the case in 2021.