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FBI Arrests 5 Noncitizens for Vote Fraud in N.Y.

The Justice Department says the five upstate New York residents voted in federal elections while knowing they were not citizens; all are charged, none convicted.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFive noncitizens in upstate New York have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections, the Justice Department announced Friday.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterFIVE PEOPLE! ONE ELECTION! The FBI moved in and this reporter has not blinked since the press release came out!

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey are charged with voting despite knowing they were not citizens. Allegedly.

  4. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterKNOWING, Hank! The prosecutors are going after what was inside their HEADS! And I think I had a sandwich in mine at nine a.m.!

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA sandwich is not a federal charge, Rosa.

  6. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNot YET!

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAll five are only charged and have not been convicted of anything.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGloria Vance has the world, and I assume nobody there is being charged for what they knew.

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