Illegal immigrant charged with voting in Pennsylvania in 5 presidential elections
An illegal immigrant from Mauritania was charged with fraudulent voting after allegedly casting ballots in Pennsylvania in the last five presidential elections, prosecutors said. Mahady Sacko, a 50-year-old Philadelphia resident...
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An illegal immigrant from Mauritania was charged with fraudulent voting after allegedly casting ballots in Pennsylvania in the last five presidential elections, prosecutors said. Mahady Sacko, a 50-year-old Philadelphia resident who was ordered to be deported from the U.S. in 2000, "allegedly unlawfully voted in person in the 2024 general election for federal office," and, "falsely represented that he was a U.S. citizen in order to vote and register to vote," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. An FBI special agent investigating the case said Pennsylvania state voting records showed Sacko also "voted in the following federal elections: the 2008 general election, the 2012 general election, the 2016 primary election, the 2016 general election, the 2020 primary election [and] the 2020 general election." "Sacko voted in person for each of these elections, except for the 2020 primary election, in which he voted by mail. On each occasion, Sacko falsely represented that he was a U.S. citizen," the agent wrote in a criminal complaint. JAMES COMER INVESTIGATES REPORTS OF NONCITIZENS FOUND ON KEY SWING STATE'S VOTER ROLLS If convicted, Sacko faces a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison. Fox News Digital has reached out to a lawyer representing Sacko and the U.S. Attorney's Office for further comment. Voting records show Sacko had registered as a Democrat, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The complaint said Sacko entered the U.S. in Miami in March 1998. VOTER-ROLL SCRUTINY ESCALATES IN MINNESOTA AS BIGGEST COUNTIES FACE SWEEPING RECORDS DEMANDS "On June 14, 2000, an Immigration Judge in Philadelphia, PA ordered Sacko removed from the United States back to Mauritania. Sacko was present in Immigration Court for this decision. Sacko appealed the Immigration Judge’s decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). On November 14, 2002, the BIA dismissed Sacko’s appeal and affirmed the decision of the Immigration J…