Alex Padilla

Any DOJ action that could spoil an election would be one of the most serious constitutional violations imaginable.

We will fight this illegal overreach every step of the way.

The truth is simple: our elections are safe and secure; the widespread voter fraud that Trump has claimed for 10 years does not exist.

This lawsuit has no legal basis or evidence behind it and is nothing more than a blatant abuse of power designed to sow distrust in our elections and threaten Americans’ right to vote.

We’ve seen this coming: Donald Trump’s Department of Justice with no authority is now actively trying to interfere in the 2026 elections and strong-arm California into purging names from our voter rolls and blocking mail ballots based…

I know how California elections work very, very well. They’re safe, they’re secure. They’re fair, they’re free, and they’re going to stay that way.

Their only hope for trying to maintain any sense of power is to interfere. It’s to change the rules. It’s to rig the elections.

They’re desperate. They’re looking for this proof that Trump has been barking about for more than ten years about massive voter fraud, which simply does not exist.

This incident is a stark reminder of the very real danger facing those who serve the public and who help administer our elections in the face of increasingly hostile political rhetoric.

Still, this incident is a stark reminder of the very real dangers facing those who serve the public and who help administer our elections in the face of increasingly hostile political rhetoric — especially from Donald Trump.

My office is in touch with the FBI, U.S. Postal Service and Senate security officials following a suspicious package the U.S. Postal Service intercepted before reaching our office. Thankfully, no threat was posed to my staff or our office.

Mendota is a hardworking agricultural community, and families should not have to fear going to work or taking their kids to school.

I will continue showing up, asking questions, and demanding answers about how ICE and this Administration are treating people and whether their rights are being respected.

The fact that immigration proceedings are taking place in the basement of a federal building that is not easily accessible by the public raises serious questions about transparency, access to legal representation, and due process for…

That’s why these oversight visits are so important. We need to know what’s happening behind closed doors inside these detention facilities.

The Trump Administration is ramping up its indiscriminate immigration enforcement across California, and we know what that means: arrest first, questions later — even for people with legal status and, in some cases, U.S. citizens.

Californians and consumers across the country deserve protection from the critical infrastructure attacks that have driven up service costs and disrupted internet service.

Across California, there are over 5,000 orphaned oil wells that pose a threat to the health and safety of our communities and the environment.

Our communities deserve to know what’s in the water off of the coast of San Pedro and what it means for our health, our fisheries, and our future.

Such allegations raise grave concerns about the rule of law under your leadership, and the diversion of resources from ongoing criminal investigations.

Throughout your appearances before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, you promised that cases would be based only on the facts and the law, free from political interference.

I thank the whistleblower, and any who may come forward in the future, for speaking truth to power.

Investigations like this undermine the Constitution, divert resources from real crimes, put careers at risk, and send a chilling message to anyone who might oppose this Administration: you could be next.

Free speech and assembly are protected by the First Amendment because they are foundational to our democracy. This whistleblower disclosure is deeply alarming.