Chairman Johnson Requests DOJ Investigate California Ballot Fraud
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) Director Kash Patel, and First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Bilal Essayli, requesting an investigation into potential ballot fraud occurring in Los Angeles, California. The letter follows a Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing held last month at which James O’Keefe, CEO of O’Keefe Media Group, testified about alleged violations of federal and state elections law through a cash-for-signatures scheme in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles.
In his letter, Chairman Johnson wrote that in March 2026, O’Keefe Media Group published a series of videos showing petition circulators paying homeless individuals cash, cigarettes, or marijuana for their signatures on various ballot measures. Based on this reporting, Chairman Johnson’s letter identified two entities, Urban Signers and 1 Moore Petition LLC, alleged to have engaged in misconduct.
“These entities’ apparent actions risk undermining confidence in our democratic process,” wrote Chairman Johnson.
Full text of the letter to the FBI and the Department of Justice can be found here.
Watch the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing here.
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