4 Noncitizens Charged with Illegally Voting in Elections
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced that four non-citizens have been charged with voting illegally in the 2020, 2022, and 2024 general presidential elections and making false statements when applying for U.S. citizenship.
“Today from @FBINewark: Four individuals were charged with voting illegally in the federal election and making false statements while applying for U.S. citizenship,” Patel said in a statement. job on
In a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, it was revealed that, “according to separate criminal complaints filed,” David Neewilly, 73, Jacenth Beadle Exum, 70, Idan Choresh, 43, and Abhinandan Vig, 33, were “non-citizens when they registered to vote in New Jersey.”
The four individuals allegedly “falsely certified and attested” that they were U.S. citizens when they completed “their respective voter registration forms,” according to the press release.
“This administration will not tolerate foreigners who attempt to vote in our elections when they know they are not eligible,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. “As has been alleged, these green card holders lied to register to vote, then lied again to immigration authorities by falsely claiming to have never voted in a federal election.”
Each of the four individuals allegedly “voted in at least one federal election,” the criminal complaints state. Neewilly reportedly voted in the 2020 and 2024 general elections, and Beadle Exum and Vig also reportedly “voted in the 2020 general election.” Choresh would have “voted in the 2022 general elections,” according to the press release.
After the individuals voted in the election, they allegedly “falsely stated on their respective Form N-400” that they “had never registered or voted in any federal election,” according to the press release:
According to the criminal complaints, each of the defendants, still without U.S. citizenship, voted in at least one federal election. Neewilly voted in the 2020 and 2024 general elections, Beadle Exum and Vig voted in the 2020 general elections, and Choresh voted in the 2022 general elections. The 2020 and 2024 general elections each included the election of the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, and the 2022 general elections included the election of members of the House of Representatives.
The criminal complaints also allege that after voting illegally in federal elections, the defendants each applied to become U.S. citizens by submitting applications for naturalization (an “N-400”). An N-400 requires the applicant to swear under penalty of perjury that the information provided in the application is complete, true and correct. Each of the defendants falsely claimed in their respective N-400s that they had never registered or voted in any federal election.
“HSI actively investigates and eradicates voter fraud wherever it can be found,” ICE Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement. “This case shows that there is still work to be done.”
