What did Eric Holder say about DHS flagging 20,000 non-citizen voters in California?

Eric Holder said there is no legal precedent for the federal government to demand that California segregate the 20,000 ballots DHS flagged as likely cast by non-citizens. He compared it to Nevada, where a list of 19,805 suspect voters was whittled to 185 and then to zero, and said the real aim is to make people believe the system is rigged so they stay home.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is fighting the DOJ demand in court.
Holder said non-citizen voting cases that do surface are tiny in number, often people registered by mistake at the driver's licence office.

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“They're just making this shit up. I mean, that's just the reality, you know?” Eric Holder · at 22:10 — open in the transcript →

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