Trump’s DoJ charges six more people in ‘voter fraud’ crackdown in California
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six California lawful permanent residents with allegedly making false statements on naturalization applications after they registered to vote. The charges come as the Trump administration seeks to have California set aside about 20,000 ballots suspected by federal prosecutors of being linked to noncitizen registrations; the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s appeals in that case on Monday.Key Facts
- Prosecutors say all six defendants unlawfully registered to vote and later denied registering on naturalization applications.
- The complaints say the defendants cast ballots, but none faces a charge specifically for fraudulently voting.
- Five of the six defendants have been arrested, according to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.
- Each defendant faces one charge of making false statements on a naturalization application, which prosecutors say carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
- The defendants are lawful permanent residents originally from Mexico, Israel, the Philippines, Canada and Iran.
- The six people have not been formally indicted, and it was not immediately clear whether any had lawyers.
- The Justice Department previously filed similar charges against 28 people in California.
- Federal judges had rejected the Justice Department’s efforts to make California set aside the ballots, and the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s appeals on Monday.
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