By James E. O’Keefe III
On May 18th, 2026 the Department of Justice issued an announcement that local Marina Del Rey citizen Brenda Brown was indicted on federal charges for illegally paying homeless people to register to vote. Brenda Brown now faces up to 5 years in prison for federal election crimes. Along with this, Brown had those same people sign California election petitions using fake names and fake addresses. As well as, providing homeless people real California voters information to write in those voters names.
Election fraud happening in broad daylight on the streets of Skid Row. Your vote is actively on sale on the streets of Los Angeles. To expose this all it took was a disguise and those “pesky” hidden cameras. This operation by my team was carried out on Skid Row not in the dead of night but rather on almost every corner of Skid Row. Some people ask, “why are these people doing this?” At the end of the day, it is all about money. So many times people online talk about “when” and “where,” are the arrests. Here today I can announce to you the first step for real accountability for the American people.
In Skid Row, I was personally on the ground in disguise while wearing an old LA Raiders hat & a Mother Mary hoodie with ripped up pants and being there showed me how far our society has fallen. Needles, dead animals, rotten food, and people sleeping on the streets have made parts of Los Angeles look like a city that has completely succumbed to hell. Underneath all of that, criminals were taking advantage of the homeless by selling votes for a few dollars. Reports over the years have taken place stating election fraud is going on in California but, for the first time ever you get to see not circumstantial evidence but, real life cash exchange for votes. Darkness shadowing over peoples minds for a mere $2 dollars. The importance of undercover work & hidden cameras is needed more than ever, we go where some can not go, we film what others are not willing to film, and expose what some chose not to expose.
What was most fascinating was seeing the sale of votes happening right in front of LAPD beat cops overlooking the corners of Skid Row, they seemed handcuffed themselves. Crimes happening right in front of their eyes but, unable to reach out and take action. This goes to show the real problem happening in the city of LA. Weak accountability and leadership leads to growth of dysfunction. The city of Los Angeles is not the city of angels anymore but rather the city of fiends.
California, your vote is for sale. Whether it is on the streets of Skid Row, San Francisco, or San Diego. These election schemes have been occurring for way too long and it is time to shape up, The DOJ’s indictment of Brenda Brown was the first step to provide that accountability that so many Americans voted for and want.
Citizen Journalists such as Cam Higby, Savannah Hernandez, Jonathan Choe, Jorge Ventura, Nick Shirley, and Anthony Rubin have been the key to exposing the election fraud in the golden state. Real shoe leather journalism, muckraking that the mainstream media refuses to do. We will do as a collective.
As I have stated so many times before, in order to do this type of journalism you can not be for sale. In this job, if your price is not your life, then you are for sale.
• James O’Keefe
