{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2026/06/19/higgins-urges-federal-investigation-into-los-angeles-election-fraud-allegations-calls-for-funding-freeze/", "Higgins\u00a0Urges Federal Investigation Into Los Angeles Election Fraud Allegations, Calls for Funding Freeze", "2026-06-19", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "LAFAYETTE, LA \u2014 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance urging the administration to launch a federal investigation into alleged election fraud in Los Angeles County and calling for a pause on all federal funding to the city until the investigation is complete. Read the letter here.\n\nThe letter cites reports that LA County Republicans have received mail-in ballot rejection letters over signature issues, and that U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli is probing suspected fraud, an investigation complicated by the state\u2019s vote-by-mail system, ballot harvesting, and delayed counting.\n\nHiggins wrote: \u201cAs the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to investigate alleged election fraud in California, I urge your administration to pause all federal funding to Los Angeles, including federal projects and grants, until the investigation is complete,\u201d", 1, "2026-06-23T06:27:52Z", "2026-06-23T06:29:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2026/06/19/higgins-urges-federal-investigation-into-los-angeles-election-fraud-allegations-calls-for-funding-freeze/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8863299153745174, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}