Blue State AG To Sic Observers On Trump DOJ Election Monitors

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday the state will deploy its own election observers on Election Day to monitor the Trump administration’s federal monitors.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday it planned to send federal election watchers to both California and New Jersey, as both states face closely watched elections. While federal observers are typically standard procedure, Bonta told reporters during a virtual conference that “these are not normal times,” adding how he wouldn’t be able to state who will be watching the federal monitors, but that there will be “oversight,” according to KCRA.

“Of course, there will be observers of the so-called election monitors that the DOJ is sending,” Bonta told reporters during a virtual news conference. “They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that the law prohibits.”

“I can’t name names but there is going to be oversight and accountability,” Bonta added.

The closely watched election in California centers on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandering proposal, Proposition 50, which could potentially unseat five of the state’s nine Republican House members. The decision to redraw California’s congressional map came in response to Texas’ redistricting