# California election workers hit with criminal subpoenas as Trump DOJ turns up heat in voting showdown

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/california-election-workers-hit-with-criminal-subpoenas-as-trump-doj-turns-up-heat-in-voting-showdown/
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:22:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:27:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-election-workers-criminal-subpoenas-trump-doj-voting-showdown
- Topics: Art, Business, Culture, Elections, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- At least four California election workers received criminal grand jury subpoenas.
- A judge rejected the DOJ’s bid to set aside ballots linked to over 20,000 voters.
- Many ballots have been cast and anonymised, limiting the ability to identify them.

## Summary

The Justice Department has issued criminal grand jury subpoenas to at least four California election workers, seeking information about safeguards against non-citizen voting and evidence of unlawful voting. The subpoenas came amid a dispute over the administration’s demand that California set aside ballots linked to more than 20,000 voters whose citizenship it questions.

A federal judge rejected that demand and called for threats to state and county employees to stop; the Justice Department has appealed. The department says a subpoena does not mean its recipient is a target and argues that alleged non-citizen voting should be addressed through criminal law. The article says the administration has cited examples of non-citizens registered to vote but has not established widespread illegal voting, while many of the ballots in question have already been cast and anonymised.

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