Feds launch massive criminal voter fraud surge in California crackdown as eight other states targeted

Federal officials are set to launch a massive criminal investigation into voter fraud in California as part of a national effort to clean up the nation’s elections.

Sources with knowledge of the effort said that the Golden State is among eight states targeted in the sweeping operation to be executed by Homeland Security Investigations starting next week.

Other states slated for investigations include New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Georgia, Washington, Nevada, Wisconsin and Missouri.

President Donald Trump’s has vowed to tackle election fraud and his focus has prompted Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and federal prosecutors to make it a priority.

With that in mind, HSI is beginning a “coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative to pursue investigative leads, conduct field interviews, and support timely prosecutorial review,” according to an internal HSI memo that described to the California Post.

The multi-state undertaking comes as top Los Angeles federal prosecutor Bill Esssayli and local Homeland Security investigators have ramped up their own collaborative efforts to fight wrongdoing in elections.   

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