The United States Department of Justice has reported the indictment of 63 people across the country, including four foreign nationals in an irregular situation, "in relation to the illegal casting of votes, fraudulent voter registration and other election crimes," within the actions launched by the Administration of Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections being held this Tuesday.
"Today's announcement marks the largest increase in arrests for election fraud since President Trump returned to office," Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement from his department, in which it is detailed that the U.S. authorities have indicted, "in just the last nine weeks," a total of "195 foreigners in 25 states for crimes related to registration and the illegal casting of votes".
Among the latest arrests are cases in states governed by Democrats opposed to the federal Executive's strategy, such as California. In this state, the Department of Justice says it has brought charges against twelve people, in the midst of the standoff between Washington and Sacramento over the White House's insistence on demanding that California set aside and not count preventively nearly 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters flagged by the federal Administration as possible "noncitizens," a request that the Supreme Court ultimately rejected.
Despite this ruling, California Governor Gavin Newsom has emphasized that the state will prosecute as serious crimes any attempt to interfere in the electoral process or to manipulate ballots during this Tuesday's elections.