Donald Trump posts a $1,000,000 reward on Truth Social for reporting voter fraud, but he didn’t specify how he plans to fund the payouts

President Donald Trump has offered a $1,000,000 payment to anyone who reports voter fraud from past elections or the 2026 midterms. The money would only be released if the tip results in an arrest and a conviction of the people involved.

The offer appeared in a Truth Social post on Monday. Trump wrote, “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! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

He repeated the same proposal in person while speaking with reporters before he boarded Air Force One for a campaign rally in Mississippi. According to The Guardian, Trump said, “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 gave no details on where the funds would come from. The Guardian has contacted the White House for a response.

A Texas reward offer in 2020 led to one known conviction after a tip

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick put forward a smaller $25,000 reward for election-fraud tips during the 2020 presidential race. At the time, he stated, “I support President Trump’s efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure that every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is disqualified.”

The first payment under Patrick’s program went to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker based in Pennsylvania. Frank’s information resulted in the conviction of a 72-year-old Republican who had cast ballots twice – once in his own name and once using his son’s name. The Washington Post described that outcome in a 2021 report.

Trump’s new reward announcement arrives in the weeks leading up to the November midterm elections. It follows his repeated claims that widespread voter fraud took place in earlier contests. Democratic state attorneys general have recently increased their joint efforts to respond to possible federal involvement in the coming elections.

Those steps followed rising concerns about the administration’s statements regarding voter fraud. Even a Republican election official recently talked about Trump’s ability to spread “disinformation and lies”. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has spoken out against the administration’s actions to limit alleged noncitizen voting. He described the approach as “politicizing and weaponizing the law.”