{"id":"9d56a729-4708-48e9-9415-341acc25bca2","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/doj-charges-28-unlawful-voting-election-related-offenses/story?id=137384589","domain":"abcnews.com","outlet":{"name":"ABC News","country":null,"cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"DOJ charges 28 with unlawful voting, other election-related offenses in California","plainHeadline":"DOJ charges 28 in California with unlawful voting offenses","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The Justice Department charged 28 individuals in California with unlawful voting and related offenses.","Some defendants are described as green card holders in the United States.","The list of 20,000 names was provided to California for next month’s election.","California officials questioned the data integrity and did not substantively review citizenship claims.","The case is part of Operation Protect the Vote, with related prosecutions nationwide."],"topics":["Politics","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T23:23:20.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T23:40:37.277Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/9af7ec5d-fb15-4d1f-ad9d-b697c3e01a0e","storyId":"9af7ec5d-fb15-4d1f-ad9d-b697c3e01a0e","image":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/vote-4-gty-gmh-261019_1792414804974_hpMain_4x3t_384.jpg","author":"ABC News","dek":"The DOJ has charged 28 individuals in California with election-related offenses, and did not rule out prosecuting election workers who are \"processing the ballots\" there."}