The U.S. Department of Justice sued to prevent California election officials from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters it alleged were non-citizens

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United States federal prosecutors explored charges alleging a conspiracy to violate voter rights in the Alaska Senate race

An audio recording disclosed in court documented special counsel Carlton Davis seeking assistance regarding Steve Castor's absence from Bradley Benavides' congressional testimony

Career federal prosecutors insisted on interviewing congressional staffers directly rather than relying on Steve Castor's characterizations of materiality

Assistant United States Attorney James Kirkpatrick from the Western District of Missouri was assigned to lead the prosecution of Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides

Carlton Davis served as special counsel to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia under United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro

The Department of Justice attempted to file an unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint adding obstruction charges against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides on the eve of their preliminary hearing

Special Agent Brian Witt was the sole witness who testified on probable cause during the preliminary hearing for Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides

Special Agent Brian Witt conceded during cross-examination that one question posed to Nikki Floris concerned a hypothetical laptop rather than an actual laptop

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi presided over a multi-day preliminary probable cause hearing for former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides in October 2026

The Department of Justice argued before Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi that prosecutors do not require a magistrate's probable cause finding to docket a superseding complaint

Chief Judge James Boasberg reviewed and narrowed Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi's disclosure order concerning potential Brady exculpatory material from Steve Castor's interview recording

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi conducted an in camera review of an audio recording of Special Agent Brian Witt interviewing House Judiciary Committee counsel Steve Castor

A federal district judge ruled against the Donald Trump presidential administration's effort to separate 20,000 mail-in ballots in California

Alaska conducts an open top-four primary election system where the four candidates with the most votes advance to a ranked-choice voting general election

During the 1950s, Southern states required jurors to be registered voters, which resulted in all-white juries in civil rights prosecutions

In Alaska, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of the U.S. Senate election if incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses

Southern state laws required jurors in federal trials to be registered voters, excluding African American citizens from southern jury panels

The Justice Department cited 18 U.S.C. Section 611, the federal statute prohibiting non-citizens from voting, in its lawsuit against California election officials

The U.S. Department of Justice Justice Manual historically included provisions stating that 18 U.S.C. Section 592 bars deputy U.S. Marshals from conducting polling-place investigations on Election Day

The Justice Department based its legal claim in the Alaska Senate race certification lawsuit on the purpose preamble of the National Voter Registration Act