On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina Del Rey had been indicted on federal charges for illegally paying homeless people to register to vote. She now faces up to five years in prison for federal election crimes. In addition to registering homeless people to vote
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On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina Del Rey had been indicted on federal charges for illegally paying homeless people to register to vote. She now faces up to five years in prison for federal election crimes. In addition to registering homeless people to vote
On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina Del Rey had been indicted on federal charges for illegally paying homeless people to register to vote. She now faces up to five years in prison for federal election crimes. A 64-year-old woman admitted to violating election laws by paying homeless people on Skid Row in Los Angeles to register to vote.
Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong worked as a paid petition signature gatherer for about two decades, according to a press release from the U.S. DOJ charges California woman for allegedly bribing homeless people on Skid Row to sign petitions in what officials call an election-integrity racket.
New York Post reported the story as "Your vote is for sale on the streets of California — and what I found out about life on Skid Row."
5 sources have covered this story, including New York Post, Conservative Review, Fox News and Washington Examiner and 1 other outlet. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 days ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 64,, 64); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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Your vote is for sale on the streets of California — and what I found out about life on Skid Row
California woman illegally paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote
Skid Row election scheme allegedly fueled by pocket-change payoffs busted by Trump DOJ
LA woman agrees to plea deal over Skid Row homeless voting scam: DOJ
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