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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.”

Applies to: United States 2020 Presidential Election

What the evidence shows

ResearchFactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center)June 10, 2022
Evidence gaps in “2000 Mules”
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JournalismPolitiFact (Poynter Institute)May 4, 2022
The faulty premise of the “2000 Mules” trailer
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JournalismDemocracy DocketMay 31, 2024
Salem Media stops distributing “2000 Mules” and apologizes
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Court rulingU.S. District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaSeptember 30, 2025
Andrews v. D’Souza — opinion and order on summary judgment
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