The Justice Department under President Trump has announced a federal election integrity charge against a California woman accused of paying people to register to vote.
Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina del Rey, faces one felony count of paying another person to register to vote.
Federal prosecutors say she agreed to plead guilty.
The charge carries a statutory maximum of five years in federal prison.
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According to the Justice Department, Armstrong worked for roughly 20 years as a petition circulator, collecting signatures for ballot initiatives.
Prosecutors say she regularly paid
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