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DOJ v. California

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  DOJ v. California Joyce Vance Oct 17 Desperate to avoid an embarrassing loss in the midterms, Trump is still trying to find a way to use his false claims about “illegal immigrants” voting to interfere with mail-in voting, even after the Supreme Court told him no . We’ve discussed his debacle in Nevada , where he claimed that nearly 16,000 people on the voter rolls weren’t citizens. The New York Times headline captured the outcome of that one perfectly: From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. After the administration downgraded its estimate from 16,000 noncitizen voters to 185, Nevada’s Attorney General’s office responded that as to all of them, “our records indicate that they were citizens.” But, undeterred, Trump tried again in California last week. California counties began mailing ballots to registered voters on October 5, ahead of the elections. They could be voted and returned as soon as they were received. But on October 13, 20...