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28 Charged In Noncitizen Voting Bust Hours After Leslie Stahl Says It’s Not An Issue

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CBS News’ Leslie Stahl questioned “the purpose” of prosecuting noncitizen voting because “very, very few” people do it. The next morning federal law enforcement announced charges against 28 noncitizens in California amid a crackdown on the state’s alleged mass noncitizen voter fraud scheme.

The Monday announcement came hours after CBS News aired a 60 Minutes segment in which Stahl tried to downplay the significance of election fraud while speaking with Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.

“There are people who feel that the point is to sow distrust about the whole election system.” Stahl said, adding, “There are very few people who are noncitizens who end up voting. Very, very few. And so therefore what’s the purpose?”

“The point is actually the opposite of what you were saying. It’s not to sow distrust. The distrust is there,” Dhillon replied. “And so all of these kinds of crimes are being prosecuted now for the first time really in volume.”

On Monday, the Justice Department announced that as part of “Operation Protect the Vote,” the DOJ charged 28 noncitizens with felony offenses including illegally registering to vote in U.S. elections and lying on naturalization documents. Most of the noncitizens charged with illegally registering to vote allegedly cast ballots, according to the New........

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