Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin defends a program to keep non-citizens off the voter rolls in the face of a DOJ lawsuit during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper: JAKE TAPPER, CNN: The Justice Department is suing your state's election officials alleging that you're violating federal law because you're purging voters that were flagged as potential non-citizens.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order on Aug. 7, 2024, that included a provision asking the state to remove voters who could not prove their citizenship from voting rolls. The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the commonwealth of Virginia over the executive order.

The Justice Department sued both Virginia and Alabama in the fall, accusing them of violating a ban on purging voters within 90 days of an election.

The Virginia governor's office is defending itself against what it says is an "unprecedented" lawsuit by the DOJ targeting its efforts to purge noncitizens from voter rolls.

Newly obtained data shows Virginia’s process for taking non-citizens off the state’s voter rolls could be wrongfully identifying eligible voters for removal.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) took to the airwaves to fight back against the Department of Justice’s new lawsuit against the commonwealth of Virginia, charging that the “unprecedented” lawsuit has ulterior motives.