Key facts
- Trump said he was "absolutely willing" to accept the results and looked forward to working with Democrats.
- An unnamed Trump adviser told CNN the result was "essentially too big to rig."
- The Justice Department deployed 1,000 monitors to voting sites, the report said.
- The Justice Department served California election officials subpoenas on November 2, the day before election day.
- Democrats held secretary of state offices in Arizona, Nevada and Michigan and picked up Georgia and Ohio.
- Democrats won complete control of state government in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
Donald Trump accepted the results of the midterm elections after Republicans won a large victory in voting that ended November 3, 2026, saying he was "absolutely willing" to accept the outcome and looked forward to working with Democrats. The report, published November 5, said Trump had raised doubt about every presidential race and midterm since 2016 except the 2024 election, which he won.
An unnamed Trump adviser told CNN the result was "essentially too big to rig." Before the results were known, administration officials had declined to rule out deploying immigration agents to the polls, and the report said there were worries that 1,000 Justice Department monitors at voting sites would disrupt the process. The report said none of the feared scenarios occurred, including an attempt to seize voting machines or a maneuver to block new members of Congress from being seated on January 3.
The report said the administration's legal efforts continue. The Justice Department attempted to block certification of the Alaska Senate race and California election officials from counting certain ballots, and it served California election officials subpoenas on November 2, the day before election day. The report said there was no immediate sign the administration would cease those efforts.
Cleta Mitchell, a Republican lawyer the report described as a key player in spreading doubt about US elections, criticized Senate majority leader John Thune for not passing a voting restriction bill. "It's not a big deal to you that our election system has been taken over and manipulated by the left," she said in a post on X, according to the report.
In New York, Katie Miller, the wife of top Trump aide Stephen Miller, posted "This is how the left steals elections" as tabulators had problems in a competitive congressional race, the report said. Representative Mike Lawler, the Republican who lost that race, said there were no irregularities with the vote and conceded.
Sean Morales-Doyle, a voting rights lawyer at the Brennan Center for Justice, said the margins of victory rendered election subversion futile but that preparation by pro-democracy groups mattered more. David Becker, executive director for the Center for Innovation and Research, said the politics of election conspiracies may have changed.
Democrats held secretary of state offices in Arizona, Nevada and Michigan and picked up the offices in Georgia and Ohio, the report said. They also won complete control of state government in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Arizona, which the report said would allow them to pass laws on certification.