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'Weaponizing the law': California AG slams DOJ's attack on alleged noncitizen voting

People cast their ballots at St Mary's Episcopal church during the first day of early voting in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday. Photograph: Chris Torres/EPA California’s attorney general on Saturday rebuked the Trump administration’s efforts to quash alleged noncitizen voting, calling it “politicizing and weaponizing the law”. Rob Bonta, the state’s attorney general, said the justice department acted at Donald Trump’s direction. “It is once again the United States Department of Justice pol