Sherrill escalates Trump fight over voter fiasco day after Mullin praises NJ cooperation

New Jersey Gov.

Mikie Sherrill criticized the Trump administration Wednesday while releasing findings from her investigation into thousands of ineligible voters improperly registered in the state.

Sherrill’s critique came one day after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued a statement thanking her for agreeing to cooperate with his agency on the matter — an assertion a Democratic source disputed.

Sherrill has faced criticism since mid-July, when she revealed that thousands of noncitizens were found on voting rolls because of a "software error" in the way the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) registers voters, commonly called the "motor voter" process.

Sherrill’s findings said about 5,100 registrations were placed in deleted status, while thousands of others remain under review.

"My administration has continued to move aggressively to fix the error at the Motor Vehicle Commission under the previous (Trenton) administration, to correct our voter rolls, and to protect the voting rights of eligible New Jerseyans," Sherrill said Wednesday, adding that her probe is "what accountable government looks like." NEW JERSEY REMOVES 6,600 PEOPLE FROM VOTER ROLLS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO CAST A BALLOT FOR 2024 ELECTION "That stands in contrast to the Trump Administration and Republicans, whose only interest has been in trying to use this issue for political gain," Sherrill said.

Mullin said Tuesday that Sherrill had agreed to participate with DHS in "stopping aliens from illegally voting in your state," citing correspondence from counsel for the state’s elections chief, Lt.

Gov.

Dale Caldwell.

MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION NONCITIZENS MAY BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 4 KEY STATES, DHS ALLEGES "Thank you, Governor Sherrill.

We got news from your Secretary of State that New Jersey will participate with DHS in STOPPING aliens from illegally voting in your state," Mullin tweeted.

"The 35,000 potential registered aliens [DHS] identified may only be the beginning. [I] look forward to helping NJ identify illegal voters and ensure election integrity." But a source familiar with the matter said they weren’t sure what Mullin was referencing and reiterated that there is no cooperation agreement between the Sherrill administration and DHS or the Trump administration.

The source said the only correspondence from Trenton to Washington was a response from Caldwell’s office to a letter from House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil , R-Wis., and fellow New Jerseyan Rep.

Jeff Van Drew — and that Mullin may have been referring to it.