LOS ANGELES, Oct 29 — A federal judge yestereday rejected the US Department of Justice’s efforts to set aside the ballots of more than 20,000 California voters it said might not be citizens, slamming the move as brazen pre-election “interference.”
The case sparked an uproar ahead of the November 3 midterms, in which President Donald Trump’s Republican Party is at risk of losing its control of Congress, and appears to represent another attempt to cast doubt on electoral results.
Democratic Party leaders have sued the Trump administration over the request, accusing Republicans of aiming “threats and intimidation” at state and local officials before the vote.
US District Judge David O. Carter agreed, refusing to order the seizure of the ballots and siding with the government of Democratic-led California.
