Trump election fraud crackdown lands first arrest, putting longtime critics in White House crosshairs

The first arrest in what a Trump administration prosecutor says will be a broader election fraud crackdown was announced Friday in Los Angeles, as the White House seized on the case to hit back at longtime critics.First Assistant U.S.Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli announced a Honduran national was charged with two felony counts and could face deportation if convicted, while criticizing California’s current voter-registration safeguards and renewing DOJ demands for a voter-roll audit. "Today’s arrest is the first of many to come.

Unfortunately, because states like California allow non-citizens to easily register to vote and receive a ballot by mail, there’s no telling how many non-citizens are currently registered to vote," Essayli said in a statement announcing the capture of Darwin Jonathan Rivera-Flores.CALIFORNIA ACCUSED OF BLOCKING FEDERAL VOTER ROLL AUDIT AS DOJ ESCALATES PROBE OF ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMSDarwin Flores, center, is seen being arrested in California as part of the federal government's voter integrity operations.(Credit: Office of Assistant U.S.

Attorney Bill Essayli)"We again renew our request that California immediately comply with our requests to audit their voter rolls so that all voters can have confidence in our elections."Fox News Digital reached out to Gov.Gavin Newsom for comment.Rivera-Flores, of the Winnetka neighborhood west of Van Nuys, was charged with fraudulent voter registration and false claim of U.S.

citizenship.He did not vote in an election, according to the DOJ. Rivera-Flores entered the U.S.

during the George W.Bush administration and was a green-card holder, but not a U.S.

citizen, according to the affidavit.FOUR NONCITIZENS CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY VOTING IN 2020, 2022 AND 2024 FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN NEW JERSEYBill Essayli, first assistant U.S.attorney for the Central District of California, answered questions during a news conference outside the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Departm...