The Trump administration sent a thumb drive to Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office containing a list of likely non-citizen registered voters and a sticky note with a password.
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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources confirm the Justice Department sent Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office a password-protected thumb drive with a list of about 20,000 people it believes are likely noncitizens, plus a handwritten note with the password (described by the secretary of state's office as a sticky note).
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… And it might not even be that they intended to. There's probably plenty of people out there, if this is true, that they have no idea they're registered to vote because, as you said, it is done automatically. Administration sent a thumb drive to Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office containing what they claim is a list of likely non-citizen registered voters, and along with the thumb drive, a sticky note with a handwritten password to view the list. The story's getting weirder. We spoke with the Trump administration's U.S. Attorney based in L.A., Bill Isayle. We've been at the bottom of the state of California's voter rules for over a year now. …
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Supports. AP reports Logan said his office received the letter and thumb drive along with a handwritten note providing the password, and that the secretary of state's office said the password was written on a sticky note.[1]
Supports. CNN reports acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter's letters said the department provided a password-protected thumb drive containing names the administration believes are likely non-citizens who were sent a mail ballot this year.[3]
Supports. Reuters reports the Justice Department warned Los Angeles County officials about a list of alleged noncitizen voters, and PBS/AP describe the thumb drive as containing a list of 20,000 names the federal government believes are likely noncitizens.[2][4]
Context. The list's contents and the administration's methodology were not verified by the sources, and the county said the list included voters outside its jurisdiction; these are allegations about the list, not part of the claim's core claim of what was sent.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Trump administration sues California over alleged noncitizens on the state's voter rollsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Trump threatens California officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballotsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Trump administration escalates voter roll fight with threats ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Trump administration sues California to block counting of alleged noncitizen mail ballotspbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Big assertions, sharp exchanges, little clarity define DOJ ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Battle with feds escalates over state voter rollsenewspaper.latimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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