Non-citizens identified by the DOJ were granted citizenship after they had already voted in Washington state elections.
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unDivided with Brandi KruseOct 27, 2026
The claim restates the DOJ's own allegation that some identified people later naturalized after voting. The sources show the DOJ asserted this with hedged language ('may have subsequently naturalized'), and the Washington Secretary of State says the list is unreliable and includes U.S. citizens, but no source independently verifies the naturalization-after-voting sequence.
What was said
… on every single person on this list to make sure that, number one, that they were and let me clarify one thing I said yesterday that I need to make clear they were not a citizen at the time. They, some of them we identified because it's a very small number, some of them identified because they applied to become a citizen. They were granted citizenship. They said on their application that they had never voted, so we went back and checked to see if that was true. So, at the time they voted, they were not citizens of the United States. So, there is no dispute in your mind, with the data you have, that these individuals were not authorized to vote in the United States but voted in the state of Washington? 100%. Okay, so why not arrest them? Well, okay, let me, let me clarify that. …
unDivided with Brandi Kruse · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Secretary of State Hobbs said a preliminary review found the DOJ list includes United States citizens and is not reliable, and that many listed people are not currently registered or are inactive. This undercuts the list as a whole but does not address naturalization timing specifically.[2]
Supports. The DOJ letter says the listed individuals 'are or were noncitizens (i.e., they may have subsequently naturalized)' and that some voted in Washington for over a decade.[3]
Supports. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd said investigators found some people who applied for benefits through USCIS records had also voted, which is the basis for the naturalization-timing story.[4]
Context. Reporting describes the DOJ's findings as unverified, with the DOJ offering no public evidence for its figures in the letter.[1][3]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1US Justice Dept asks Washington state not to count ballots from possible noncitizensreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs response to DOJ ...sos.wa.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Secretary of State Hobbs slams DOJ noncitizen voter claimskoin.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Washington blasts DOJ over noncitizen voter findings ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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