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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt spoke out about the FBI’s investigation into voter fraud on Skid Row — a highlighting a key detail from federal agents’ visit to the notoriously rundown area.
Pratt posted a photo showing agents speaking to a group of people on Skid Row Thursday in front of pair of “Moms for Pratt” posters pasted on a formerly graffiti-covered wall.
“FBI agents hitting Skid Row today. What do you notice in the background?” he posted on X late Thursday night, hours after federal investigators conducted about 50 interviews in the area.
“We are cleaning up LA whether you like it or not.”
Officials with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security swooped in on Skid Row following allegations that the homeless had been paid to vote in the June 2 primary.
The California Post looked on as plainclothes agents asking people if they were paid to vote or were aware of others who were approached with the offer.
It marked a major escalation in the feds’ probe of voting in Los Angeles, with FBI Director Kash Patel applauding the action.
“Securing our elections is of the upmost priority for this FBI!” he wrote on X. “If you mess with our elections we will find you!”
The action came after the emergence of shocking videos of Skid Row residents claiming they were paid to vote for incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman.
In one of the clips, a man on Skid Row claimed he received $4 to vote for Bass.
The clips, which were provided to the Department of Justice, followed The Post’s revelations that thousands of homeless people were registered to vote in shelters they didn’t live in.
Bass handily won the mayoral primary, with Raman coming in second after a late surge propelled her past Pratt despite his strong Election Day showing.
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