{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2026/7/sen-rick-scott-discusses-election-fraud-with-james-o-keefe-at-hsgac-hearing", "Sen. Rick Scott Discusses Election Fraud with James O\u2019Keefe at HSGAC Hearing", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing on fraud across the country, U.S. Senator Rick Scott asked journalist James O\u2019Keefe about his recent reports about election fraud in California.\n\nThis follows shocking reports of election fraud that occurred in the Los Angeles Mayoral and gubernatorial primary elections in California on June 2, 2026. Aside from HSGAC Ranking Member Senator Gary Peters, all Democrat committee members refused to attend the hearing.\n\nSenator Rick Scott asked, \u201cMr. O'Keefe, your team returned to Skid Row after the DOJ indicted somebody for election fraud and found the same operation running openly: cash for signatures, fake voter data, and coaching on forgery. So, walk us through what you documented and what it tells you about whether the indictment deterred anybody. How widespread is the model beyond Skid Row in Los Angeles? Based on your investigation, do you think this model could easily be replicated in other states and cities around the country?\u201d\n\nWitness James O\u2019Keefe responded, \u201cYeah, within seconds of appearing on Skid Row, I personally, disguised as a homeless person, caught this behavior happening in broad daylight. So, it's happening thousands of times\u2026 These people are logging in to an online database called Sigvalid.com and pulling real names and voters. Those people's votes are disenfranchised. We went to their homes, and we knocked on their doors. One of them said, \u2018What if I wanted to vote in this election?\u2019 This is a completely nonpartisan, nonpolitical issue.\u201d\n\nClick HERE to watch Senator Rick Scott\u2019s full line of questioning to witness James O\u2019Keefe.\n\nCitizen journalist Nick Shirley, who exposed massive fraud in Minnesota and California, was also a witness before the committee.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nOn June 12, 2026, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate reports of voters being paid to register, voters registered to incorrect addresses, and irregularities in the recent mayoral primary in Los Angeles.\n\nSenator Rick Scott has been one of the loudest voices on passing the SAVE America Act. Earlier this week, he penned an op-ed in Fox News urging the Senate to deliver on key promises made to the American people, including election security, before leaving Washington, D.C. for a 5-week August recess.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "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://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2026/7/sen-rick-scott-discusses-election-fraud-with-james-o-keefe-at-hsgac-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7488271221518517, "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"}