False
“The film “2000 Mules” proved organized ballot trafficking in the 2020 US election”
Reviewed July 19, 2026
Verdict
False. The film’s cellphone-geolocation method is too imprecise to prove a ballot was deposited, fact-checkers and a state investigation found no organized trafficking, and in 2024 the distributor Salem Media pulled the film and apologized to a man it had falsely labeled a “ballot mule.”
What the evidence shows
ResearchFactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center)June 10, 2022
Evidence gaps in “2000 Mules”OriginalArchived
JournalismPolitiFact (Poynter Institute)May 4, 2022
The faulty premise of the “2000 Mules” trailerOriginalArchived
JournalismDemocracy DocketMay 31, 2024
Salem Media stops distributing “2000 Mules” and apologizesOriginalArchived
Court rulingU.S. District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaSeptember 30, 2025
Andrews v. D’Souza — opinion and order on summary judgmentOriginalArchived