Politics
DOJ charges 64 foreign nationals with illegal voting across 17 states
Fox News reports 64 foreign nationals were charged in about five weeks, citing figures provided to it; authorities have not shown any case changed an election outcome.
The short version
- The Justice Department has charged 64 foreign nationals across 17 states in roughly five weeks, according to figures provided to Fox News Digital.[Fox News]
- Minnesota has the most defendants with 11, followed by Pennsylvania with 10 and Texas with nine.[Fox News]
- Cases range from fraudulent registration applications to ballots allegedly cast in multiple elections, and no outcome change has been established.[Fox News]
- The charges come as federal officials intensify scrutiny of voter-registration safeguards before the November 2026 midterm elections.[Fox News]
Key facts
- The Justice Department charged 64 foreign nationals across 17 states with unlawful voting, fraudulent voter registration and election-related offenses in roughly the last five weeks, according to figures provided to Fox News Digital.[Fox News]
- Minnesota has 11 defendants, Pennsylvania has 10, Texas has nine and Louisiana has five; New Jersey, California and Florida have four each.[Fox News]
- DOJ says it has charged 104 people with voting fraud-related offenses since Trump returned to office in 2025.[Fox News]
- Filipino national Evelyn Miller of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2024 presidential election.[Fox News]
- Ghanaian green card holder Joshua Kofi Edzie was charged in Minnesota with illegally voting in the state's August 2026 primary and falsely claiming U.S. citizenship.[Fox News]
- Haitian national Cliff Sanon was charged in Pennsylvania; prosecutors allege he submitted eight registration applications and voted in the November 2022 election.[Fox News]
What remains uncertain
Sources
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