Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent Maccottor announced the charges against 28 non-citizens for alleged voting crimes.
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Up First from NPROct 20, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources, including AP and The Hill, report that Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced at a Monday, October 19, 2026 press conference charges against 28 California non-citizens (green card holders) for alleged unlawful voting and related crimes.
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… Are these two things related somehow? Yes. So, the 28 people charged yesterday were supposedly on this broader list of 20,000 names that was provided to local officials. These were all green card holders who allegedly registered to vote. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent Maccottor announced the charges at a press conference yesterday. This Department of Justice will not look the other way while non-citizens vote in federal elections. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for California and LA. County. I should say, there's still a lot we don't know about these cases. …
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Supports. The Hill reports that the DOJ charged 28 alleged noncitizen California voters, and quotes acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter in the department's press release.[2]
Supports. AP reports that federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals in California on Monday, with acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter appearing at a news conference in Los Angeles.[1]
Supports. Multiple outlets, including WGCU and Yahoo/GMA, report that McCotter announced at a Monday press conference the charges against 28 people for unlawful voting and related election offenses.[3][4][5]
Context. Some outlets describe the 28 as green card holders charged with false citizenship claims and unlawful voter registration, which fits the claim's description of alleged voting crimes.[6][7]
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7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 5 not rated
- 1Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen votersapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Justice Department targets and charges 28 alleged noncitizen ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3DOJ charges 28 in California with voting crimes as election ...wgcu.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4DOJ charges 28 with unlawful voting, other election-related offenses ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5DOJ charges 28 with unlawful voting, other election-related offenses in Californiagoodmorningamerica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Trump DOJ charges 28 non-citizens as California ballot ...independent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Amid federal crackdown, LA County urges early ballotingspectrumlocalnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- The Department of Justice has charged 28 California voters with being noncitizens.True
- The Department of Justice filed charges against more than two dozen people for voting crimes in previous elections.True
- The Department of Justice charged 48 foreign nationals with illegally voting in American elections and registering to cast ballots.True
- The Department of Justice has charged more than a hundred non-citizens across about 20 states with voting and registration crimes in recent weeks.True
- The U.S. Justice Department has charged more than 113 alleged non-citizens with voting offenses across the country.True