Trump's Justice Department gives California counties 48 hours to set aside ballots of suspected noncitizen voters before the midterms
First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli warned that any official who 'knowingly processes the ballot of a noncitizen is opening themselves to legal jeopardy'. At least 18 counties have been told to hand over Social Security numbers, ID details and registration records. Officials who refuse 'risk significant federal scrutiny'. The Ninth Circuit has ordered California to answer the department's emergency bid by noon on Saturday.
Contra Costa clerk Kristin B. Connelly hit back: 'Voters need to vote and not be intimidated.'
The emergency filing states that Los Angeles County has already processed upwards of 331,000 mail-in ballots.
Essayli insists that 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters is only 'the floor'.
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