Trump: California officials will 'go to jail' if state ignores DOJ voter roll suit

The Hill·October 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM+1

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President Trump reupped the Justice Department's (DOJ) warning that California officials could face criminal charges if they include the mail-in ballots of the over 200,000 people the federal government identified as potential non-U.S. citizens in their midterm election count. “They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” Trump wrote in a...

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