Overview
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed a complaint charging Mahady Sacko with one count of fraudulent voting for the 2024 federal election, carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted.
- An FBI affidavit says Sacko first registered in 2005 by attesting he was a U.S. citizen and later cast ballots in the 2008 and 2012 general elections, the 2016 primary and general, the 2020 primary and general, and 2024, with all but the 2020 primary cast in person.
- State records cited in the filing show frequent re-registrations, including entries in 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2024.
- Sacko was ordered removed to Mauritania in 2000 and arrested by ICE in 2007, but deportation was not executed because a current Mauritanian passport could not be obtained, leading to supervised check-ins instead.
- Voting records reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer indicate Sacko was registered as a Democrat, and experts note confirmed noncitizen voting cases are rare compared with total ballots cast.