Trump DOJ charges 5 with illegal voting in several states ahead of midterms
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that five people have been charged with illegally voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections.
Of the five, two were illegal aliens, two were legal aliens, and one was a U.S. citizen, according to a DOJ press release.
One of the arrested is Katya Rodriguez, a 30-year-old Mexican illegal alien living in Pennsylvania.
According to the DOJ, Rodriguez made a “false statement of citizenship in order to vote” in the 2024 election.
An older couple in Pennsylvania also got caught up in the sweep.
“Thomas Holtzman, 68, and his wife Marisol Guzman, 50, both of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to Guzman illegally voting as an alien in the 2024 election,” according to the DOJ.
Guzman is a legal alien, while Holtzman is a U.S. citizen. While Guzman was charged with just voting as an alien, her husband was also “charged with false statement of citizenship in order to vote and aiding and abetting and fraudulent registration and aiding and abetting.”
The remaining two suspects are from New Jersey and Wisconsin.
One suspect, N.J. resident Mercedes Alexandra Cardoso, “was a non-citizen” alien from Ecuador when she registered to vote online by pretending to be a U.S. citizen.
“Cardoso allegedly cast a ballot in the June 2024 primary election, which included candidates who were vying for election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States,” according to the DOJ.
“At the time she cast her ballot, Cardoso, who entered the United States from Ecuador on a B-2 visa, was not a U.S. citizen and was therefore not authorized to vote in federal elections. If convicted of voting by an illegal alien, Cardoso faces a maximum penalty of one year in prison. She is scheduled to have an initial appearance on Sept. 8,” the DOJ reported.
The final suspect is Jesus Javier Jurado Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico who lives in Wisconsin and voted in the November 2022 election.
“[O]n Nov. 8, 2022, Jurado Garcia, knowing he was not a U.S. citizen, illegally voted in an election held in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the offices of Member of the Senate and Member of the House of Representatives,” according to the DOJ.
Of the five, two were illegal aliens, two were legal aliens, and one was a U.S. citizen, according to a DOJ press release.
One of the arrested is Katya Rodriguez, a 30-year-old Mexican illegal alien living in Pennsylvania.
According to the DOJ, Rodriguez made a “false statement of citizenship in order to vote” in the 2024 election.
An older couple in Pennsylvania also got caught up in the sweep.
“Thomas Holtzman, 68, and his wife Marisol Guzman, 50, both of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to Guzman illegally voting as an alien in the 2024 election,” according to the DOJ.
Guzman is a legal alien, while Holtzman is a U.S. citizen. While Guzman was charged with just voting as an alien, her husband was also “charged with false statement of citizenship in order to vote and aiding and abetting and fraudulent registration and aiding and abetting.”
The remaining two suspects are from New Jersey and Wisconsin.
One suspect, N.J. resident Mercedes Alexandra Cardoso, “was a non-citizen” alien from Ecuador when she registered to vote online by pretending to be a U.S. citizen.
“Cardoso allegedly cast a ballot in the June 2024 primary election, which included candidates who were vying for election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States,” according to the DOJ.
“At the time she cast her ballot, Cardoso, who entered the United States from Ecuador on a B-2 visa, was not a U.S. citizen and was therefore not authorized to vote in federal elections. If convicted of voting by an illegal alien, Cardoso faces a maximum penalty of one year in prison. She is scheduled to have an initial appearance on Sept. 8,” the DOJ reported.
The final suspect is Jesus Javier Jurado Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico who lives in Wisconsin and voted in the November 2022 election.
“[O]n Nov. 8, 2022, Jurado Garcia, knowing he was not a U.S. citizen, illegally voted in an election held in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the offices of Member of the Senate and Member of the House of Representatives,” according to the DOJ.
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