RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR JOCELYN BENSON? MI Dem AG Nessel Charges 6 In Non-Citizen Voting Cases After Gateway Pundit Exposed SIX Registered Voters On DHS “Worst of the Worst” List—Iranian on List Was Recently Featured in James O’Keefe Video

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday announced criminal charges against five non-citizens accused of illegally registering to vote or casting ballots in the 2024 general election, along with one U.S. citizen accused of registering her non-citizen husband.

Dana Nessel’s sudden charges raise an obvious question: Is she finally acting because the evidence became impossible to ignore, or is she still running interference for Jocelyn Benson?

The charges come only after The Gateway Pundit exposed the presence of at least SIX non-citizens appearing on the DHS Worst of the Worst criminal aliens on Michigan’s voter rolls in May— including a high-profile Iranian national who had voted in multiple elections. James O’Keefe recently used our reporting in a viral undercover video.

One of those individuals, Iranian national Afshin Masheli, had a serious criminal record and a final order of removal, yet remained registered and had voted in multiple Michigan elections.

The night before O’Keefe filmed Masheli on his front porch, O’Keefe spoke directly with this reporter about the Gateway Pundit findings. The following day, O’Keefe released video of the confrontation, bringing national attention to the case that Michigan officials had ignored.

WOW! James O’Keefe Undercover Video Reveals How Easy It Is For Two Non-US Citizen Criminals From Iran To Vote In Michigan Elections–One “Active Voter” is in Jail–The Other Was Getting Ready To Vote AGAIN [VIDEO]

Neither Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson nor Attorney General Dana Nessel has ever publicly addressed the Gateway Pundit reporting on Masheli or the other non-citizens identified in that investigation.

Now, more than a year after those reports, Nessel’s office has charged the following individuals.

Here are the names of the individuals charged with the charges they are facing. Below each name is an explanation about how this could have been avoided if Michigan Democrat Sec of State Jocelyn Benson would agree to allow the DHS to remove non-citizens from Michigan's voter rolls:

Michael Akioya, 39, of Oak Park — two misdemeanor counts for making false statements on an absentee ballot application and return envelope. Akioya is a lawful permanent resident who allegedly voted by absentee ballot in 2024 while attesting he was a U.S. citizen.

How did Akioya get away with making false statements on his absentee ballot application? Why is MI Sec of State Jocelyn Benson fighting so hard to put any safeguards in place to prevent non-citizens from registering to vote in the first place? 

Kimberley DiDonato, 60, of Rose Township — charged with election forgery (5-year felony) and using a computer to commit a crime (7-year felony). DiDonato, a U.S. citizen, is accused of posing as her non-citizen husband and registering him to vote online in April 2024. She later canceled the registration and claimed she was “testing the system.”

Why is the MIchigan Secretary of State website allowing non-citizens to register? Should Michigan's voter rolls really be relying on the "honor system"?  Should non-citizens be able to cancel out the vote of American citizen with a single push of a button on a computer, using the Michigan Secretary of State's official website? 

Alondra Harker, 26, of Three Rivers — charged with fraudulent registration (misdemeanor). Harker, a limited-term alien resident, is accused of registering and voting in person in 2024.

Why are there no procedures available for clerk's to use to prevent non-citizens from walking into their offices and registering to vote? 

Harumi Michael, 60, of Wolverine Lake — multiple felony charges including election law forgery and attempting to vote as an unqualified elector. Michael, a lawful permanent resident, allegedly registered and voted in person in 2024.

Why has Michigan made it so easy for a non-citizen to walk into a polling place, cast an unlawful ballot and cancel the vote of an American citizen? 

Robert Piva, 67, of Roseville — charged with election law perjury, attempting to vote as an unqualified elector, and fraudulent registration. Piva, a lawful permanent resident, allegedly registered online in September 2024 and voted early in-person the following month. He has claimed the vote was an “experiment.”

It appears that Robert's "experiment" worked. Cheating elections is easy in Michigan.

Basanth Sadasivian, 29, currently residing in the United Kingdom — charged with attempting to vote as an unqualified elector. Investigators say he registered and voted through the Federal Post Card Application system using a Bloomfield Hills address.

UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act) voting is one of the most ridiculously insecure forms of voting in America. Democrats know this, which is why they were dumping millions of dollars into "registering American citizens" to vote in 2024 who were "living overseas." When an "oveseas voter" registers to vote online through the FVAP (Federal Voting Assistance Program) system, they have an option to skip the part of the registration form that asks for identification if they don't have any. In Michigan, "overseas" voters are supposed to at a mininume have ties to Michigan, but this is not something clerks are required to do, nor are the UOCAVA "voters" registered to vote being checked by any one or any agency to prove they are real people who are citizens of the United States.  

Nessel’s office said the cases were referred by the Michigan Department of State. Yet the Attorney General and Secretary of State remained silent for months after The Gateway Pundit published evidence of non-citizens — including criminal aliens — remaining on the rolls and casting ballots. The new charges come as Benson continues her campaign for governor while overseeing the very voter rolls that allowed these cases to occur.

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