Trump offers $1 million for voter-fraud tips leading to arrest and conviction

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would give $1 million to anyone who reported voter fraud that leads to an arrest and conviction, barely a week before the midterm elections, Reuters reported (https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-offers-1-million-tipoffs-that-lead-voter-fraud-convictions-2026-10-26/).

Trump announced the plan in an October 26 post on Truth Social before discussing it with reporters, USA Today reported (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/26/trump-reward-midterm-election-fraud/92448899007/).

“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!” Trump wrote in the post.

Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One to travel to Corinth, Mississippi, for a campaign rally, he said: “I’m also going to be issuing a $1 million bonus or reward, or whatever you want to call it, for anybody that reports voter fraud, leading to the arrest and conviction of somebody.”

The offer comes eight days before the November 3 midterm elections, which will decide control of the House and Senate.

Trump did not say whether he plans to use government funds or his personal resources to pay for the rewards, USA Today reported, nor did he specify how tips should be submitted or which agency would decide whether a claim qualifies.

Last week, Trump rolled out a separate programme offering payments to tipsters who help uncover fraud in government programmes, with whistleblowers to receive a 1% “commission” on the amount recovered, with “no limit” on how much someone can collect, according to USA Today.

Trump has long alleged widespread voter fraud, including over his 2020 election loss; his legal challenges to that result were rejected in court, USA Today noted.