The owner of a company involved in signature processing was arrested at 5 a.m. following the California primary.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The sources support the core of the claim: James Brass, who controlled Pinnacle Brass, a company tied to petition signature gathering, was arrested on September 10, 2026, roughly three months after the June primary.
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… There are no legal challenges about that primary. There are no prosecutions. Too late for that. Uh, that woman, one woman, pled guilty, and, uh, and then a week later, another guy, the the owner of the company that was doing the signatures, he gets, uh, arrested at 5 a.m. So, yeah, and David Becker's response to that would be, well, it wasn't enough to overturn the outcome of the election, right? That was okay. So, fine, that this isn't happening, it isn't happening, it isn't happening. …
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Contradicts. The NY Post says Brass left his home around 4:45 a.m. and was arrested around 6 a.m. at a gas station, which conflicts with the claimed 5 a.m. arrest time; the headline's '5 a.m. getaway' describes the departure, not the arrest.[2]
Supports. Federal prosecutors and the DOJ announced that James Brass, 47, was arrested on September 10, 2026, on a federal indictment for paying people to sign California ballot petitions with stolen voter identities.[1][3][4]
Supports. The NY Post reports that Brass allegedly ran the scheme through Pinnacle Brass, a company he owns that is registered with the California Secretary of State, and that he was paid about $41,600 by a petition management company's coordinators.[2][5]
Context. The charges concern signature petitions for ballot initiatives, not the June primary itself, so no source ties this arrest to the primary; the 'following the primary' framing is chronological only.[1][3][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 3, 3 not rated
- 1Victorville Man Arrested on Federal Indictment Alleging He ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 2Skid Row 'Lord' surprises feds with 5 a.m. getaway as he's ...nypost.com · tier 3 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3Skid Row residents signed voter petitions with stolen IDs ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Victorville man accused of paying for petition signatures on Skid Rownbclosangeles.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5California’s Ballot Petition Racket Just Got Caughtcapoliticalreview.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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