The Department of Justice has arrested people for illegal voter registration or illegal voting in the last few weeks.
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The Fox News RundownOct 23, 2026
As of 2026-10-23, multiple sources confirm DOJ announced arrests and charges of people for illegal voting or fraudulent voter registration in the weeks before, including 28 charged in California on Oct 19 and 16 charged in an October 11-12 announcement, with further cases in other states.
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… to actually running their elections, but if there are issues of fraud or corruption or abuse, or people who shouldn't be voting and you and I both get these press releases all the time they've really ramped up, it seems like, in the last few weeks, where the DOJ has said, look at this state where we just arrested X number of people that we allege we count we caught them voting illegally, registering to vote, or actually voting illegally. We've seen those cases really ramp up. They've tried to highlight them, saying, well, the left will tell you it's not a problem, at least on a large scale. …
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Supports. The DOJ announced charges against 28 people in California on Oct 19, 2026, for unlawful voting and fraudulent voter registration, with 11 arrested.[1][4][5]
Supports. A DOJ primary press release dated October 2026 announced charges involving 16 individuals for illegal voting and fraudulent voter registration across the country.[2]
Supports. Reporting describes DOJ charging 180 people with illegal voting since January 2025, with 130 cases filed since September 2026, showing a recent surge in such cases.[3][6]
Context. Later coverage through Oct 27-28 reports further arrests and charges in California, Florida, Nevada, New York and Pennsylvania, and notes many cases involve honest mistakes or isolated incidents.[7][8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 6 not rated
- 1Trump's shift on Ukraine pushes ties to new low, Europe ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3DOJ's Try-Anything Approachtheatlantic.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4DOJ charges 28 with unlawful voting, other election-related offenses in Californiaabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 528 noncitizens charged with election fraud in California ...dailynews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Trump’s team ratchets up ‘voter fraud’ arrests as president sows election doubtsindependent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Trump administration ramps up election cases days before voting endsrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Trump administration ramps up election cases days before voting endscharlotteobserver.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 9We studied 180 voter-fraud cases. Many charged cite honest mistakesdetroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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