The Justice Department has filed an emergency federal lawsuit to block the counting of 20,000 mail in ballots, citing a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 611. The action followed the state's failure to meet a 48 hour deadline to review a high confidence list of ineligible voters provided by USCIS and Homeland Security Investigations on a secure drive. While DHS clarified that the 20,000 figures are a manually verified subset of a larger 190,832 preliminary match list, Governor Gavin Newsom has rejected the DOJ's claims and labeled the lawsuit an attempt to rig the election.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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FBI Smashes California Voter Fraud Ring After Trump Jail Threats
US Politics1 day ago
A series of arrests took place on October 19 as federal agents targeted a criminal conspiracy to manipulate the electoral process in the West Coast's largest state. This enforcement action comes shortly after the Department of Justice threatened local officials with prosecution for counting votes from individuals the government identifies as noncitizens. President Donald Trump warned on Truth Social that election supervisors who ignore federal warnings will face jail for a long period of time.
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