The Department of Justice on Friday announced that 19 foreign nationals have been charged with voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election.

Of the 19, nine made false claims of U.S. citizenship in order to vote, according to the charging documents.

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The foreign nationals charged are citizens of countries ranging from Mexico and Nigeria to Italy and Germany.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is said to be taking the lead in investigating the cases.

Conviction for a false claim of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote and voting by an alien carries a maximum penalty of six years in prison, a $350,000 fine and a term of supervised release following any imprisonment.

President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE in 2016 claimed, without evidence, that millions of illegal ballots were cast for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE and that without them he would have won the popular vote.