J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams
Born
John Christian Adams

1968 (age 55–56)
Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationHempfield Area High School
Alma materWest Virginia University
University of South Carolina School of Law
OccupationAttorney

John Christian Adams (born 1968)[1][2] is an American attorney and conservative activist[3] formerly employed by the United States Department of Justice under the George W. Bush administration. Since leaving the DOJ, Adams has become notable for making alarmist and false claims about the extent of voter fraud in the United States. He has falsely accused a number of legitimate voters of being fraudulent, and has published information about them online, including Social Security numbers.

After leaving his position in 2010, Adams accused the department of racial bias in its handling of a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party; an internal review by the DOJ concluded that charges of bias were without foundation.

He was a member of Donald Trump's election integrity commission which was intended to investigate claims of voter fraud. The establishment of the commission followed through on previous discredited claims by Trump that millions of illegal immigrants had voted in the 2016 United States presidential election, costing him the popular vote. The commission was disbanded less than a year after its creation without finding evidence of significant fraud.[4]

  1. ^ "John Christian Adams". Avvo. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  2. ^ Markon, Jerry; Thompson, Krissah (October 23, 2010). "Dispute over New Black Panthers case causes deep divisions". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 7, 2012. Adams, 42, was assigned as the lead lawyer.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Ben (2017-07-11). "Controversial rightwing activist to join Trump's election integrity commission". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  4. ^ Tanfani, Simon Lewis, Joseph (2020-09-09). "Special Report: How a small group of U.S. lawyers pushed voter fraud fears into the mainstream". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-04.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)