19 foreign nationals charged for voting in 2016 elections

By REBECCA MORIN 08/24/2018 04:29 PM EDT

Nineteen foreign-born individuals have been charged with illegally voting in the 2016 election, the Justice Department announced on Friday, adding that the cases are part of an ongoing voter fraud investigation.

Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced the indictments, and stated that the cases are being investigated as part of a new initiative in the Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force.

The push comes as President Donald Trump has pledged to root out voter fraud, after claiming without evidence that millions voted illegally in the 2016 election.

Trump lost the popular vote to Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million. The president even went so far as to established a Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which is now disbanded.

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