Trump offers a $1 million reward for voter fraud reports that lead to an arrest and conviction

President Trump put a price on voter fraud tips on Monday, eight days before the midterm elections that will decide which party controls Congress.

"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," Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One to fly to a campaign rally in Corinth, Mississippi. He had announced the plan earlier in the day in a post on Truth Social. His post said the offer covers fraud found in "past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election."

Trump did not say whether the rewards would be paid with government funds or with his own money. Reuters reported that he made the offer barely a week before midterms that polls show could prove difficult for his Republican Party.

The reward is the latest in a run of payments Trump has announced in the closing weeks of the campaign. Last week he rolled out a program that pays whistleblowers a 1 percent commission on money recovered from fraud in government programs, with no limit on how much a tipster can collect. His administration has sent $500 rebate checks to about 1 million Americans who bought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act federal exchange and were overcharged, and $90 payments to 21 million seniors drawn from a Medicare improvement fund. Trump has also promised $5,000 dividend checks to every American adult if Republicans win control of Congress, an offer that drew criticism from some of his own allies, who called it bribery for votes.

Trump has argued for years that American elections are corrupted by fraud, with mail voting at the center of his claims. Courts rejected the challenges he brought after the 2020 election, when he tried to overturn his loss. Election officials in both parties have said ineligible voting is rare, and the administration's court fights over the 2026 vote are running into the same dispute, including a federal appeals court ruling on Monday against the Justice Department's attempt to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots.