Justice Department Charges Six More in California Voter Fraud Case
The Justice Department has charged six more people with alleged voter fraud crimes in California, according to The Guardian.
The United States Department of Justice has charged six more people with alleged voter fraud crimes in California, according to a report in The Guardian. The newspaper described the action as an escalation of the Trump administration's campaign against the state's election processes, and reported that the arrests came "on the eve of the midterms."
According to The Guardian, the latest arrests follow an unsuccessful effort by the Justice Department to force state election officials to set aside about 20,000 ballots. The report, as summarized in the material available for this story, does not say which ballots were at issue, what legal grounds the department cited, or when the relevant court filings were made.
The Guardian identified Bill Essayli as the top federal prosecutor in the area involved, though the summary available for this story ends before naming that location in full. The summary does not indicate whether Essayli personally announced the charges or what role he played in the filings.
The Guardian's full report, written by Sam Levin, was published on November 2, 2026. The summary does not identify the six people charged, the specific offenses they face, or any response from state election officials or the Justice Department.
No other outlet's account was available for this story, so no conflicting reports are cited. The details above rest entirely on The Guardian's summary and should be read with that limit in mind.
Sources: The Guardian: Trump’s DoJ charges six more people in ‘voter fraud’ crackdown in California.