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DOJ charges 64 noncitizens with voting fraud across 17 states

Prosecutors say the 64 people charged were foreign nationals accused of voting or registering illegally, as close races face scrutiny; the map is mostly pins.

On air: Hank Ledger, Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on Weekend Edition
Published 6:32 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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First reported by Fox News: “MAP IT: DOJ illegal voting crackdown sweeps 17 states as razor-thin elections face scrutiny”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 6:32 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger, Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman.
Topics: DOJ.
BBN covered this story before: DOJ investigating TV networks over suspension of press pool after… (October 10).

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Fox NewsMAP IT: DOJ illegal voting crackdown sweeps 17 states as razor-thin elections face scrutiny

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Justice Department has charged sixty-four foreign nationals in seventeen states with noncitizen voting and voter registration fraud, all in roughly five weeks.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSeventeen states. That's a lot of paperwork for five weeks.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSixty-four. Out of a hundred sixty million registered voters, I'd guess. Nobody gave us that number, mind.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRight. It's not in the data.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorScrutiny of close races, though.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA map with seventeen colored states. Hank will want to stare at it.