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California officials warned of criminal liability

Convert the 48-hour thumb drive into a federal lawsuit

Justice turned a disputed voter list into a criminal warning for the officials reviewing it.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Justice Department
Status
California officials warned of criminal liability
Due
Before November 3
Paying for it
California election offices, federal litigation budgets and affected voters

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office8:04 AM

California declined to connect the government’s thumb drive to its election systems.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:06 AM

Open the Thumb Drive, CHECK THE NAMES!

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:13 AM

California has the List, TWENTY THOUSAND names..... now they need more time?? Always more time with these people!

S
Security8:22 AM

Security confirmed that the password was supplied on a sticky note.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:24 AM

The Password is on the note, I made it VERY EASY. Now they're investigating my note instead of the Names. Unbelievable!!

EO
Executive Office8:31 AM

Litigation marked the delivery method Collaborative.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:33 AM

I give California twenty thousand names and get a Lecture about Computers, from California! They have cars driving around with NOBODY IN THEM (I prefer a Driver, a good one!), but a little Thumb Drive comes in and the whole State needs to lie down..... LOOK AT THE NAMES. We're not asking the car to do it!

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:41 AM

They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Ask the court to classify the sticky note as notice of potential imprisonment.

PUBLIC RECORD

The Justice Department warned Los Angeles County and California election officials on October 16 that counting ballots from more than 20,000 people the administration calls likely noncitizens could expose them to criminal liability. Trump reposted the letter and said the officials would go to jail. California says the federal list lacks supporting evidence, and studies find noncitizen voting is exceedingly uncommon. The administration’s October 15 lawsuit seeking to block those ballots remains pending.

Reuters · Lawsuit · 2026-10-15 ↗

Reuters · Criminal warning · 2026-10-17 ↗