Trump launches criminal investigation into claims of illegal voting in California as president tries to stop ‘rigged’ Democrat midterms wave
The Trump administration has launched a criminal investigation into California’s voter systems amid claims from the president that polls showing an anticipated blue wave are ‘rigged.’
Local officials have been subpoenaed to provide voter roll records for individuals the Justice Department appears to suspect lack citizenship, according to an investigation by The New York Times.
The subpoenas have demanded that employees with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office hand over copies of internal communications and records involving their ‘methods for screening for unlawful voting by aliens.’
Local election officials were reportedly told they would ‘risk significant federal scrutiny’ if they did not comply with the subpoenas.
At least two employees at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office confirmed to the Times that they received grand jury subpoenas last week.
Los Angeles County registrar Dean Logan told the publication that the subpoenas were a form of ‘intimidation.’
‘At every step, the U.S. Department of Justice has taken a confrontational, adversarial approach. Election officials are acting in accordance with state and federal law,’ he said.
The Trump administration has continuously claimed that polls showing Democrats leading Republicans are rigged.
The Trump administration has subpoenaed local election officials in California
Two employees at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office have reportedly been subpoenaed by the Justice Department
Early voting has already kicked off in California in the US midterm elections
Pollsters have predicted a blue wave ahead of this year’s midterms, as Democrats hope to flip the Senate and the House.
More than a dozen Senate seats are polling within the margin of error, but Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico lead by seven and six points, respectively, according to recent CNN polls.
Trump has dismissed the negative outlook, calling the polls showing Democrats in the lead ‘rigged’ during a recent interview on Newsmax.
He argued that the positive polling for Democrats was a strategy to discourage his base from voting.
‘Well, if they said you’re going to lose by three or four points, people will vote,’ he continued. ‘If they say you’re going to lose by 17, nobody goes out to vote.’
Trump continued that he wants his base to ignore the polls and ‘pretend’ that he’s on the ballot.
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