Commentary: Why Trump's attack on California voting is false and even a bit funny

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Set us as preferred In what may be one of the most comical self-owns in recent politics, the esteemed attorneys of the U.S.Department of Justice announced Monday that despite the extravagant and terrifying misuse of their investigative power under the Trump administration, they have so far been able to identify only 28 people in all of California who may have voted illegally.“The announcement today by the United States DOJ makes the point that there is no widespread voter fraud,” California Atty.

Gen.Rob Bonta said after the news conference announcing the results of “Operation Protect the Vote.” Twenty-eight people out of about 23 million registered voters in the state — and not all of them even tried to vote, according to the feds.

That’s about 1 in 820,000 folks allegedly registering or voting illegally, a rate that roughly matches how often people in the United States get struck by lightning in a given year.So much for Trump’s endless claims that there is a vast, organized conspiracy between Democrats and undocumented people to have them vote in large numbers to steal elections.

I’ll point out here that none of those charged Monday have been accused of colluding with one another or with Democratic overlords.All the power of the government — investigative, technological, legal — has been thrown at finding these mysterious, diabolically clever ballot baddies.

And now, thanks to Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S.attorney for the Central District of California, and his colleagues across this great state, we now know that all 28 of them will be held accountable, if the government can prove wrongdoing.

And let’s be clear — people who vote illegally should be held accountable.California Federal authorities charge 28 people in California with alleged illegal voter registration or voting, escalating the...