New video appears to show election fraud in California, bribes & drugs for signatures

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A bombshell new report is exposing what appears to be election fraud in the state of California. Independent Journalist James O’Keefe and his team went undercover along Skid Row in Los Angeles, sharing video of 28 times NGOs encouraged the homeless to use fake addresses to sign petitions and register to vote. “What do I put as my address? Just put you live on Pinocchio Lane. Oh, you can just use a fake address? Oh, good,” one of the petition circulators said.

In this video, we captured it 28 times over the course of a few days. That means it’s happening tens if not hundreds of thousands of times,” O’Keefe told Benny Johnson.

On hidden cameras, petitioners admitted that they’re paid between $7-$10 per signature. It’s a federal crime to provide false information on a voter registration form or offer payment.

Now because you haven’t registered, I need to register you, so I can get paid too. I’m paying you guys I need to get paid too. Come on now,” a woman can be heard saying.

The video also highlighted the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which distributes federal money to the Weingart Center, a homeless service in LA. An employee was caught on camera directing people to where the fraudulent petitioners were located and allegedly coached plausible deniability.

Go to skid row and see if there are people out there with clipboards,” she said. “They say ignorance is no excuse for the law but a lot of (the) time I had to say I didn’t know. I had no idea,” she added.

In response to the reporting, state leaders, including the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli, acknowledged what’s being shown. “While longstanding DOJ policy prevents me from discussing specific investigations, I want to assure the public that this DOJ, under the leadership of @AGPamBondi, will aggressively pursue anyone and everyone involved in violating federal election laws,” Essayli wrote on ‘X.’

The LA District Attorney’s Office added, “Our office has received your complaint and will open a file for preliminary review.” Plus, Governor Gavin Newsom, whose office wrote, “this alleged activity is a felony in California. Anyone caught engaging in this activity should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

I think that’s why Newsom is putting out the statement that he’s putting out. I think because he knows he’s going to have to do something on this,” O’Keefe told Johnson.

The investigation comes as the state is already being looked into by the Trump administration, surrounding alleged hospice and home healthcare fraud. Plus, Independent Journalist Nick Shirley also recently released a new video, claiming to have found over $170 million in hospice and daycare fraud within the state.