SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

As the Trump administration's Department of Justice prepares to send election monitors to California for next week's election, California's attorney general on Monday said the state will have its own observers keeping an eye on them.

"Of course, there will be observers of the so-called election monitors that the DOJ is sending," Bonta told reporters during a virtual news conference. "They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that the law prohibits."

Bonta acknowledged the DOJ's move is standard operating procedure when they have a basis or historical reason but added, "these are not normal times." Bonta suggested the DOJ's election monitors could be used to intimidate voters, especially immigrants, as California decides whether to approve Proposition 50 . Th

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