Trump Posts "They Will All Go to Jail for a Long Period of Time!!!" on Truth Social Alongside DOJ's LA County Ballot Letter

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On Friday, October 16, 2026, at 8:28 pm EDT, the President’s Truth Social account posted: “They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” The post names no one. It attached an image of a social media post by Matt Finn that quotes the Justice Department letter: “If persons knowingly tabulate ballots cast by individuals identified by federal agencies as noncitizens, they risk becoming aiders and abettors to a federal crime.”

The archive shows an earlier post from the same account at 8:27 pm EDT on October 16, 2026 carrying an image of the letter itself, recorded at 2026-10-16–doj-mccotter-letter-to-la-county-counsel-tabulating-flagged-ballots-risks-aiding-and-abetting-federal-crime. Context: 2026-10-15–doj-sues-california-weber-la-county-logan-cd-cal-2-26-cv-12025-block-tabulating-ballots-of-20000-flagged-voters.

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Sources & Citations

[1] Truth Social post 117453415283228242, @realDonaldTrump, Oct. 16, 2026, 8:28 pm EDT (archived) — Trump's Truth archive (trumpstruth.org) · Oct 16, 2026 Tier 2

[2] Trump threatens California officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballots (Reuters, Jasper Ward, via Yahoo) — Reuters via Yahoo · Oct 17, 2026 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “Trump Posts "They Will All Go to Jail for a Long Period of Time!!!" on Truth Social Alongside DOJ's LA County Ballot Letter.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, October 16, 2026. https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-16--trump-truth-social-they-will-all-go-to-jail-post-over-doj-la-county-letter/