LA Woman Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Doing That Thing That Never Happens... in Voter Scam
A woman in Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to a voter fraud scheme. Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong was caught on video paying homeless individuals to register to vote in exchange for cash or cigarettes. She faces a potential five-year prison sentence as a result of her plea deal.
- ▪Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong was recorded more than 28 times paying individuals to register to vote.
- ▪The scheme involved using homeless individuals to sign petitions for which Armstrong was compensated.
- ▪Federal prosecutors announced her plea agreement on a felony count of voter registration fraud.
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| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 13:44:00 -0400 |
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LA Woman Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Doing That Thing That Never Happens... in Voter Scam Victoria Taft | 1:44 PM on May 18, 2026 Jeff Lewis/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation Do you remember that crime that never happens? Voter fraud? Yeah, it happened again, and this time, James O'Keefe got it on video. Now, federal prosecutors in California have announced they've made their first arrest in a scheme that paid bums on Skid Row to register to vote. That's a federal crime, by the way. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Federal prosecutors in the Los Angeles Central District of California U.S.
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