DOJ Arrests 11 California Voting Suspects

The Justice Department charged 28 people in California with election-related crimes, including fraudulent registration, false citizenship claims and, in some cases, casting ballots. Federal authorities arrested 11 people and sued California to prevent ballots tied to people on its list from being counted. The department said the defendants were among more than 20,000 registrants it suspected of being noncitizens and had asked state officials to review related ballots. California officials called the list unverified and the demand legally baseless. Los Angeles County said opening a password-protected USB drive would violate security protocols. The criminal cases and lawsuit remain unresolved, and defendants are presumed innocent.