BREAKING NEWS: DOJ INDICTS HIGHER-UPS IN LA SKID ROW PETITION FRAUD SCHEME EXPOSED BY O’KEEFE

Earlier this year, our LA Skid Row undercover investigation captured people being offered cash to sign petitions and register to vote, including individuals being provided addresses to use on voter registration forms.

Brass (“LORD”) is now in custody. He will appear in the riverside federal court this afternoon for his bond hearing.

Now, according to the DOJ indictment, defendants used a voter database called SIGVALID to obtain the identities of registered California voters, gave those identities to petition signers, and paid them to fraudulently sign petitions in those voters’ names.

Brenda Brown Armstrong, who was featured in our original reporting, has already been charged.

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Skid Row 'Lord' surprises feds with 5am getaway as he's accused of massive ballot harvesting scheme

https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/skid-row-lord-surprises-feds-with-5am-getaway-as-hes-accused-of-massive-ballot-harvesting-scheme

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One year ago today, I was teaching a class on undercover journalism when, all of a sudden, the world changed....I learned the devastating news about my good friend, Charlie Kirk.

We’ll keep fighting Charlie Kirk

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“James O’Keefe is a Hero to America.”

Texas Congressman Pete Sessions, a longtime fan of James O’Keefe, speaks to OMG’s Michael Casey at the RNC in Dallas, Sessions compares OMG’s Minnesota investigation to some of the early work done in by James O’Keefe

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I show, I don’t tell. That’s the power of real journalism.

Thanks for having me on, NEWSMAX.

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60 minutes report uses hidden cams to explore selling influence over pardons.

Typically the mainstream media calls this of expose “fraud” and “selectively edited”

*Democracy Partners v O’Keefe* ironically protects CBS News right to record and publish this in Washington, DC..

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The leaders who hold people accountable tend to be the ones who get crucified because they become targets of the system they are reforming.

This email from an FBI agent shows: ‘find me the man, I’ll show you the crime.’

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🚨PANIC: Mass Arrests, FBI Raids In California For FRAUD! $20M+ Homeless and Daycare Scams Uncovered

James O’Keefe Praises Trump DOJ For Proving ‘Nothing Ever Happens’ Crowd Wrong With Mass Arrests In Fraud CRACKDOWN In California

"People say nothing ever happens to these people, but something actually did happen to these people. There's been two indictments based on the stuff we did in Skid Row."

"There were their perp walks because, because of the work that we do, federal prosecutor Bill Essayli, that's the top federal prosecutor in in central California, Los Angeles, attributing this because of the journalism that myself and the justice league did."

Now we're seeing charges for homeless fraud and daycare fraud too.

We are finally getting arrests.

James O’Keefe Credits Elon Musk Buying 𝕏 As The Single Greatest Reason Fraud Is Being EXPOSED And Leading To ARRESTS

"What I think is different now is Elon Musk owns 𝕏 and that we have more into voices when I was doing this 10 years ago or eight years ago"

"I've been banned on TikTok by the way. I'm demonetized on YouTube and what's weird about that is I don't opine, I don't provide my political opinions, public policy views. I just show facts. And sometimes the facts are the most damning."

Banned kratom caught in California & using EBT for purchase…🤯

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TOMORROW: First Assistant U.S. Attorney for California’s Central District Bill Essayli joins James O’Keefe for a special episode of My Price Is My Life.

A conversation you won’t want to miss.

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Bill Essayli | My Price is My Life With James O’Keefe


James O'Keefe sits down with Bill Essayli, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, and fellow citizen journalist Anthony Rubin. They discuss the recent federal prosecutions that occurred following OMG’s undercover videos exposing ballot-signature fraud on Skid Row.

Essayli explains why identity theft charges gave the prosecutors an edge and opens up about the culture of fear that keeps government officials silent. He also reflects on his time in the California legislature and what's next in the fight against voter fraud.


Chapters
(0:00) – Bill Essayli Meets James O’Keefe and Anthony Rubin
(6:48) ​ – Two-Tier Justice System Exposed
(9:02) – Brenda Brown's Voter Fraud Case
(12:55) – Frank Brass Forged Voter Signatures
(20:28) – Citizen Journalism Sparked These Prosecutions
(23:07) – Undercover Video: Cigarettes for Signatures
(32:26) – Trump's Win Saved the Country
(37:46) – How Officials Get Silenced
(39:08) – How Politicians Are Controlled
(43:01) – More Voter Fraud Arrests Coming

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Appreciate you having me on, Benny Johnson, to discuss our reporting on Minnesota’s vouching system and what our undercover investigation documented on the ground.

Citizen journalists must keep asking questions, documenting what they find, and showing the public what’s actually happening. Watch our full report below if you haven’t seen it yet!

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I Exposed What This H-1B Fraudster Was Doing to His Workers...And Now He's Self-Deporting!

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Sara Gonzales has exposed how fraudsters take advantage of the H-1B workers they hire, illegally making them pay for legal services

Give Sara’s report a watch, great journalist work @SaraGonzales

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This 5 month investigation by Tyler Oliveira is pretty extraordinary, and one of the more thorough on the ground plus investigative, I’ve ever seen.

I recall back in the day when I exposed Planned Parenthood, people said to me “why would you go after good people?”

Everything touching public money deserves investigation including institutions we “like.” Instead of calling people names, we should look at the substance of they uncovered.

Amazing to see, first person observation journalism used to be exceedingly rare. It warms my heart to see almost every day a new first person perspective exposé.

Give Christopher Rufo’s newest report a watch, brilliant work.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-illegal-immigrants-shadow-welfare

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USDA TAKES ACTION: After our undercover NYC investigation documented clerks attempting to process EBT for drugs and alcohol, Secretary Rollins announces enforcement action against 170 retailers.

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Pro PRC, pro-Chinese Communist Party supporters line streets of DC to support Xi’s visit as motorcade with sharpshooters on roof rolls down Pennsylvania...

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