DOJ charges 16 with alleged election crimes across seven states

The Justice Department charged 16 people across seven states—Texas, Idaho, Georgia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Michigan—with alleged election-related crimes involving elections from 2022 through 2024. Prosecutors said the allegations include noncitizen voting in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship to register or vote, naturalization fraud, wire fraud, passport and identification fraud, and unlawful firearm purchases. Eight noncitizens were charged in Texas. Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald said the Trump administration has now charged 50 noncitizens with illegal voting and said, "America's elections are for Americans." The department posted: "Let this be a warning to ANYONE trying to cheat and undermine our elections. Spread the word!" Coverage named defendants including Analiea Milliscent Eccles, alleged to have voted nine times between 2008 and 2024; Santana Coulibaly, who registered in 2016, voted in 2018 and 2020 and submitted a provisional ballot in 2024; and Monica Carzoli, arrested in Del Rio, Texas, and said to have admitted registering and voting in November 2024. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said officials have more than 1,620 open cases, 151 arrests and more than 300,000 suspected cases under review, and that every illegal vote canceled out a citizen's. RedState dated the announcement Sept. 19; The Epoch Times reported Sept. 18. DOJ said the charges are accusations and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.