FBI Director Kash Patel presented cumulative figures showing 81 charges, 70 convictions and more than $500 million in alleged Minnesota fraud as federal investigators widen their crackdown.
Bill Essayli is pushing back after a federal judge ruled he was unlawfully serving as a de facto U.S. attorney. The ruling affects two prosecutions but does not immediately remove Essayli or dismiss the indictments.
Federal authorities say more than two dozen arrests have been made in a California investigation involving allegations of illegal voter registration and ballot casting by noncitizens.
A judicially authorized search of Ilhan Omar’s Washington home has intensified a criminal investigation and triggered a fierce political confrontation.