Los AngelesTrump promised jail for California officials who count flagged ballots.
The Justice Department warned it will charge officials who count them, three weeks before Election Day.
The US Justice Department sued California after giving it 48 hours to check 20,000 names Homeland Security flagged.
UCLA’s Voting Rights Project, which sued over the list in September, says compiling it violates federal law.
The group will seek a restraining order unless the administration drops its criminal crackdown.
How each outlet framed it
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- Breitbart leans critical
- foregrounds Trump's "jail" threat via Truth Social, quoting the DOJ letter to LA County Counsel and the 20,000-name USB drive demand
Sources: Breitbart