Non-citizen voting prosecutions

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The Justice Department announced on October 12 that it has charged about 60 people in recent months for voting as non-citizens, part of a push by President Trump, who alleges widespread election fraud. The cases involve people from about 28 countries and are mostly misdemeanor voting-as-an-alien charges plus a felony for lying about citizenship. Election experts say the prosecutions show the crime is rare; critics warn of a chilling effect on the midterms. The count is now contested: John Solomon says more than 100 non-citizens have been charged and that New Jersey has a major criminal investigation into non-citizens on the rolls.

How 3 podcasts covered it

1. WSJ What's News, 2026-10-12 (1:56 to 5:39)
   Details the roughly 60 non-citizen voting cases
   WSJ reporter Sadie Gurman details the roughly 60 non-citizen voting prosecutions: defendants from 28 countries, ages early 20s to late 70s, charged with a misdemeanor and a felony, many longtime green-card holders who say they did not know they could not vote. Election experts call the crime rare; critics warn of a chilling effect on the midterms.
   New angle: The Justice Department has charged about 60 people in recent months for voting as non-citizens.
2. The Dan Bongino Show, 2026-10-26 (14:52 to 17:58)
   Adds Solomon's charged non-citizen count
   Plays a John Solomon clip putting the non-citizen voting count north of 100 charged and flagging a major New Jersey criminal investigation into systemic non-citizen voter registration. Bongino uses it to argue the FBI was always investigating and only prosecution is new.
   New angle: John Solomon says more than 100 non-citizens have been charged with voting and New Jersey has a major criminal investigation into non-citizens on the rolls.
3. The NPR Politics Podcast, 2026-10-26 (14:01 to 16:16)
   Weighs the prosecutions against the claimed numbers
   Weighs the roughly 100 prosecutions against the hundreds of thousands of non-citizen voters the president and DHS secretary claimed, and against the 20,000 names on the L.A. thumb drive. Miles Parks says election officials see shifting numbers and distrust the data; the segment stays inside the numbers already on the record.
4. The Dan Bongino Show, 2026-10-27 (29:23 to 31:36)
   Runs a montage of voter fraud headlines
   Runs a montage of voter fraud headlines from Washington, New Jersey, Alabama and Philadelphia to argue the crime is common, then pivots to the 'black pill' doomers and a prediction about a 2028 Republican primary. It retells the week's cases without adding anything to the record.