The US Justice Department's top civil rights official, Harmeet Dhillon, has accused New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill of criticising President Donald Trump's election integrity claims despite reportedly knowing in advance that her own administration was about to disclose a significant problem with the state's voter rolls. The allegation centres on comments Trump made in a 16 July address, in which he claimed China had obtained sensitive US voter data and accused intelligence agencies of concealing this from the public, a claim Sherrill had publicly disputed.

Dhillon told Fox News Digital that Sherrill's rebuttal came even though she was reportedly already aware her administration was preparing to reveal that non-citizens had been added to New Jersey's voter rolls through the state's motor-voter registration system. Dhillon accused the governor of hypocrisy, telling her "shame on you" for calling Trump a liar while allegedly sitting on the same information he was referencing. The article centres on this dispute between DOJ officials and Sherrill's office over the timing and accuracy of her public statements.