To the editor: First Assistant U.S. Atty. Invoice Essayli simply can’t cease flapping about California’s purported lack of election integrity (“Two of California’s top law enforcement leaders trade barbs over state election integrity,” Aug. 28). Only a few days after the June 2026 California major election, Essayli was firmly on President Trump’s bandwagon as Trump claimed, with out proof, that California’s elections are rife with fraud. In lots of media interviews, Essayli promised investigations within the coming months and stated there would be arrests. In July, the Division of Homeland Safety, with out presenting any proof, declared that greater than 190,000 noncitizens are on California’s voter rolls.
Out of 190,000 purported unlawful voter registrants and the promised investigations, Essayli is touting one arrest. Wow, now there’s a outcome! In the meantime, DHS has egg on its face after it recognized only 185 illegal registrants out of its estimated 16,000 in Nevada.
Trump’s 2018 Presidential Advisory Fee in Election Integrity was disbanded after lower than one yr, having discovered no proof of widespread election fraud. The very Republican-oriented Heritage Foundation has researched and disputed allegations of rampant voter fraud. It has discovered noncitizen voting is equal to lower than 0.000008% of complete votes, a statistical nullity. A 2026 Reuters analysis discovered that, within the final 30 years, solely 73 individuals had been convicted in federal court docket for “voting by aliens.”
Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta is right. If Essayli desires to analyze voter fraud, he ought to first search for high, to Trump and his countless makes an attempt to affect elections. Talking to Essayli as a taxpayer who pays his wage, it’s time to “put up or shut up.”
Carla St. Romain, Pasadena
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To the editor: Essayli ought to shift his focus: Noncitizens voting occurs much less usually than Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining American citizens.
Rodney Hoffman, Montecito Heights
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To the editor: Congratulations to Trump sycophant Invoice Essayli, who, after many months of looking, managed to seek out one one who illegally registered to vote. Nice job! Hold at it. Perhaps you’ll discover one other someplace. And the way a lot is that this witch hunt costing the taxpayer?
When sanity returns to Washington, Essayli needs to be one of many first to get fired.
Michael Schaller, Temple Metropolis
