Department of Justice says it intends to appeal as administration tries to keep president’s ally Bill Essayli in office
Since he took office last year, Bill Essayli, southern California’s highest-ranking federal prosecutor, has wielded his office to help advance President Trump’s policies, including on immigration and transgender rights.
Now, he’s using that same authority to try and block tens of thousands of California votes from being counted in the upcoming midterm elections. Specifically, Essayli has sued to make the state aside ballots from 20,000 voters who the Department of Justice has branded “likely noncitizens.”
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