Overview
- A federal criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charges Mahady Sacko with fraudulent voting tied specifically to the 2024 election.
- An FBI affidavit says voting and registration records show Sacko cast ballots in the 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 general elections and in the 2016 and 2020 primaries.
- Investigators obtained Philadelphia County and Pennsylvania Department of State records via subpoena in May 2025, and an FBI agent reported that the signatures on the forms appear consistent.
- Court documents state Sacko repeatedly registered in Pennsylvania and affirmed he was a U.S. citizen, and that he voted in person except for the 2020 primary, which he cast by mail.
- DHS said Sacko was arrested in Philadelphia by ICE and the FBI and publicly urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to tighten federal voter verification rules.