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When the Department of Justice unveiled voter fraud charges against 28 defendants in California on Monday morning, it summoned a media circus, news helicopters and all, to the Commerce home of 72-year-old Omar Muñoz, who is accused of voting in five elections despite not being a citizen.
Within minutes of his arrest, Muñoz’s perp-walk photos were plastered in the California Post and touted on Truth Social by President Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that Democrats are cheating in elections by allowing noncitizens to vote. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson posted a statement claiming that “the playbook for Democrats and their Marxist pals is clear: Reopen the border. Allow millions of illegals into America. Let them vote in our elections.”
But Muñoz, the man whose arrest the DOJ invited the media to witness, is actually a registered Republican, according to voter records reviewed by L.A. Material.
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