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President Trump’s Justice Department is putting the details behind its latest election-integrity crackdown on the record.
Federal prosecutors announced 48 election-related cases spanning Pennsylvania, California, Florida, New York, and Nevada, with allegations ranging from unlawful voting to fraudulent registration and false statements during the naturalization process.
The five-state announcement is not one giant conspiracy case. It is a coordinated release covering dozens of separate defendants and fact patterns developed by federal prosecutors and investigators around the country.
Here is how the Justice Department described the scope:
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Today, the Justice Department announced charges involving 48 ALIENS in Pennsylvania, California, Florida, New York, and Nevada in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes.
The cases include voting by aliens in federal… pic.twitter.com/LERBDuHeHr
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) October 26, 2026
California accounts for 28 of the defendants, according to the Justice Department’s national case summary. The breakdown covers all four federal districts in the state and includes alleged ballots, false citizenship claims, and alleged misstatements tied to later naturalization proceedings.
Thirteen defendants in the Central District face felony allegations that include false statements in naturalization applications. Prosecutors say several had registered or voted before later denying under oath that they had ever claimed U.S. citizenship.
Six more defendants in California’s Eastern District are charged with voting by an alien in a federal election, a misdemeanor carrying a statutory maximum of one year in prison.
The Northern District’s five cases and the Southern District’s four cases include allegations of unlawful voting, false citizenship claims, and false statements in immigration paperwork.
The individual timelines vary widely.
One California defendant allegedly registered in 2019 and voted in 2020, twice in 2022, and again in 2024. Another allegedly registered in 2002 and 2005 before later making false statements in naturalization paperwork.
The California defendants include lawful permanent residents from countries across Latin America, Asia, Europe, and Canada, demonstrating why prosecutors presented the cases as a broad enforcement action rather than an isolated local incident.
That difference matters. Some cases concern one alleged ballot, while others describe years of registrations, federal-election participation, and later answers to immigration officials.
The California files also do not all rely on the same statute or procedural posture. Some defendants were charged by complaint, others by indictment or information, and the potential penalties depend on the precise counts alleged in each case.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, who has been leading the California push, signaled that federal officials do not view the announced cases as the end of the matter:
Pennsylvania produced the second-largest state total: nine defendants across the Eastern and Middle Districts.
The two Pennsylvania U.S. attorneys’ offices say each defendant knowingly voted despite not being a U.S. citizen. The cases involve alleged ballots in the 2022 and 2024 general elections.
Three defendants are charged in the Eastern District and six in the Middle District. The release says the alleged voters came from several countries, including Cuba, Israel, Kenya, Russia, the Netherlands, and Greece.
Each Pennsylvania defendant faces a voting-by-an-alien count carrying a potential fine, up to one year in prison, or both if convicted. Homeland Security Investigations developed the cases, while the two U.S. attorneys framed the prosecutions as protection for the voting power of eligible citizens.
Florida’s six cases are concentrated in the Middle District.
Those defendants are accused of illegal voting, false claims of U.S. citizenship, or both. Prosecutors allege several voted in the 2022 and 2024 federal general elections.
New York adds four more defendants: one in the Northern District and three in the Eastern District.
According to DOJ, the three Eastern District defendants allegedly submitted fraudulent voter-registration applications and voted in the 2024 federal election. The department says two admitted during voluntary interviews that they were not citizens and knew they had voted.
The Nevada case concerns Jullie Ann Sumalinog Moore, a 44-year-old lawful permanent resident from the Philippines.
The District of Nevada says Moore allegedly voted in the November 2024 federal election, which included races for president, vice president, Senate, and the House.
Moore is charged with one count of voting by an alien. The statutory maximum is one year in prison, a fine of up to $100,000, or both, while an initial court appearance had not yet been scheduled when prosecutors released the case.
The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations handled the Nevada investigation. Federal officials said the case was brought to protect public confidence in election administration and warned that investigators would pursue credible allegations of unlawful voting.
Under federal law, noncitizens generally may not vote in elections for president, vice president, U.S. Senate, or the House of Representatives.
False claims of citizenship can create additional criminal exposure, especially when an alleged voter later applies for naturalization and answers questions about registration or past ballots.
The Trump administration has made election-integrity enforcement a central Justice Department priority. These cases show the strategy moving on two tracks: challenging voter-roll practices before ballots are counted and prosecuting alleged violations after investigators identify specific conduct.
The White House connected Monday’s criminal cases to its broader push for proof-of-citizenship rules and tighter voter-roll verification, pointing to a separate California dispute:
That White House claim concerns a separate voter-roll fight rather than the 48 criminal defendants. It illustrates the policy argument surrounding the prosecutions: the administration says checking eligibility before ballots are cast must accompany case-by-case enforcement after the fact.
Supporters of tougher enforcement have long argued that even one unlawful ballot cancels the voice of a lawful voter. The state-by-state allegations released by DOJ give that argument a concrete set of cases that will now be tested in federal court.
The charging documents remain accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
But the scale is unmistakable: 48 defendants, five states, and alleged conduct stretching across multiple election cycles.
President Trump promised to make election integrity a federal priority. His Justice Department is now showing exactly what that enforcement looks like, one case at a time.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up. View the original article here.
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