The Trump administration continues to crack down on voter fraud cases, including a noncitizen allegedly voting in a mayoral race he was fraudulently registered for and a noncitizen arrested for lying about her citizenship to vote in federal elections. These allegations span a slate of federal election-related cases highlighted by the Justice Department in recent days, adding to a series of prosecutions targeting noncitizen voting, fraudulent voter registrations and other alleged election-related crimes. DOJ's latest announcements span California, Kansas, Louisiana, Texas and Massachusetts, while federal prosecutors have brought a number of other cases across the country in recent weeks amid the Trump administration's broader efforts to bolster election security ahead of the midterms.
The White House pointed to the new cases that continue to pile up as evidence supporting the administration's crackdown. DEMOCRAT NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SAYS THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS DISCOVERED ON VOTER ROLLS, PURGED "Despite extreme Democrats and the media claiming it never happens, the evidence of non-citizens registering and voting in our elections continues to pile up," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. "Any non-citizens found registering and voting in our elections will be arrested and held accountable.
Only Americans should be electing American leaders." The more than a dozen defendants charged in cases announced this week face allegations ranging from illegal voting and false claims of U.S. citizenship, to fraudulent voter registration and alleged identity fraud. Attorney General Todd Blanche warned that individuals "gaming the election system, voting illegally, or committing voter fraud" will face prosecution, while federal prosecutors in Texas said their seven cases "send a clear message" that laws barring noncitizens from voting will be enforced. Among the defendants were Louisiana mayoral candidate Bridget Johnson, who prosecutors allege fraudulently registered Jamaican noncitizen Michael Wedderburn before he went on to vote in the 2024 federal election and the same mayoral race in which Johnson was a candidate.
Johnson allegedly submitted electronically a Louisiana voter-registration application in Wedderburn's name on July 14, 2024, falsely stating that he was a U.S. citizen, according to court documents. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LEARNS FATE AFTER USING STOLEN IDENTITY TO VOTE IN US ELECTIONS FOR DECADES Johnson was charged with fraudulent voter registration and voting by an alien, while Wedderburn was charged with voting by an alien. If convicted, Johnson faces up to five years in prison, while Wedderburn faces up to one year, along with potential financial penalties, according to federal prosecutors.
Other cases announced this week included allegations against three people in California accused in an alleged scheme that used stolen identities of registered voters to manufacture signatures on ballot-initiative petitions. California frequently uses ballot initiatives to put major policy questions directly before voters, with citizen-backed measures capable of changing state law or amending the state constitution. Recent initiatives have included Proposition 36, which increased penalties for certain drug and theft crimes, as well as measures dealing with the minimum wage and rent control.
Prosecutors allege James Brass and Courtney Price went to Los Angeles' Skid Row, where they handed people stolen identities belonging to registered California voters and paid them to copy those voters' personal information onto ballot petitions and forge their signatures. Brass and a third defendant, Jateisha Herron, then allegedly falsely certified that they had personally witnessed the registered voters sign the petitions. Brass allegedly received approximately $41,600 from coordinators working with a petition-management company helping collect signatures, according to prosecutors.
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