Shirley Weber – California Globe

FBI & DHS Agents Descend on LA’s Skid Row in Voter Fraud Probe

June 19, 2026 7:19 amJune 19, 2026 7:49 am

Thursday, June 18, 2026, FBI agents and Homeland Security Investigations personnel descended on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and conducted interviews with homeless residents as part of a voter fraud probe tied to the June 2, 2026, statewide direct primary....

DOJ Case Applies to California: Reparations Program is Discriminatory and Illegal

June 16, 2026 3:30 pmJune 16, 2026 3:32 pm

California lawmakers have been trying to pass reparations of any kind. The Legislative Black Caucus claims this is about “its push for justice and equality.”. Thus far, they’ve only been able to pass rather minor bills, authorizing analyses of methodologies...

DOJ Announces Multiple California Election Fraud Investigations, Voter Rolls Audit Advances to Ninth Circuit

June 5, 2026 12:21 pmJune 5, 2026 12:21 pm

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli confirmed Friday that his office is conducting multiple active election fraud investigations in coordination with the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. In a public statement, Essayli said: “Protecting the integrity of California’s elections is...

California Ballots Mailed to Ex-Residents Nationwide as DOJ Demands Full Audit

June 4, 2026 3:30 pmJune 5, 2026 2:23 pm

A familiar election scandal is once again dominating conversations on X: California ballots are being mailed to voters who no longer live in the state, sometimes years after they’ve relocated and re-registered elsewhere. The platform is trending hard with the...

California’s Third World Elections: Slow Count Looms as Officials Blame ‘So Many Candidates’ for Delayed Results

June 2, 2026 2:01 pmJune 3, 2026 7:19 am

Election Day is something of a misnomer in California. By state law, the process of voting and tabulating ballots stretches far beyond the traditional single day of in-person polling. With universal mail-in ballots sent out to every registered voter up...

DOJ Leverages Skid Row ‘Cash-for-Ballots’ Scheme to Demand Full Audit of California Voter Rolls

May 19, 2026 10:00 amMay 19, 2026 10:57 am

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that a Marina del Rey woman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of paying individuals, including homeless people on Skid Row, to register to vote using false or vague addresses,...

California Supreme Court Orders Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco to Pause Election Probe, Preserve Seized Ballots

April 8, 2026 12:48 pmApril 8, 2026 3:14 pm

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to immediately pause his ongoing investigation into alleged discrepancies and potential irregularities in the November 2025 special election ballots and to preserve all seized materials while legal challenges...