Trump says of California election prosecution threats: "They will all go to jail"

On Monday, the Justice Department said it charged 28 noncitizens with election offenses in California and asked a federal court for an emergency order blocking the state from processing ballots from people federal officials believe are not citizens. The move followed the department’s delivery of a flash drive containing 20,000 names to Los Angeles County with a 48-hour deadline; local and state officials declined to act, and the federal government sued. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter then warned California officials in a letter that they could face criminal charges for deliberately handling ballots from people federal agencies flagged as noncitizens. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that evening on the prosecution threats. Election experts and local officials said they worried the Justice Department’s posture toward California could undermine confidence in this fall’s midterms and lead to more actions.