{"id":2989,"date":"2026-06-06T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:35:55","slug":"u-s-attorneys-office-in-california-announces-probe-into-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=2989","title":{"rendered":"U.S. attorney\u2019s office in California announces probe into elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

The confirmation of \u201cmultiple election fraud investigations\u201d came a day after President Donald Trump criticized the state\u2019s notoriously slow vote-counting process.<\/strong><\/p>

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An election worker examines a ballot in Industry, California, on Friday. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Los Angeles U.S. attorney\u2019s office said it has opened \u201cmultiple election fraud investigations,\u201d claiming the California election system has \u201cserious structural vulnerabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, whose office is also attempting<\/a> to audit the state voter rolls, confirmed the investigation late Friday and vowed to follow the evidence where it leads.<\/p>\n

The nature and status of the probes federal prosecutors might be pursuing in California was not immediately clear. Essayli did not elaborate on the nature of the investigations he said he\u2019d launched and did not refer to any evidence suggesting that fraud had occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy office will not look the other way. We will investigate and prosecute,\u201d Essayli wrote on X late Friday. \u201cEvery legal vote deserves to be counted. Every illegal vote cancels one out.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump on Thursday had criticized the state\u2019s notoriously lengthy ballot-counting system and said in a social media post that it was under investigation.<\/p>\n

California held primary elections on June 2 for a number of competitive races, including contests for gubernatorial candidates, congressional seats and the mayoral contest in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

It is typical under both Republican and Democratic administrations for the nation\u2019s 93 U.S. attorneys\u2019 offices to designate at least one lawyer to field and review tips of alleged wrongdoing during elections, though rarer for those tips to yield sufficient evidence of wrongdoing to result in criminal prosecutions.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Essayli\u2019s office did not immediately return requests for comment on whether what the first assistant U.S. attorney was describing in his social media post was routine work or more advanced inquiries.<\/p>\n

A Justice Department spokesperson also did not return requests for comment.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s slow vote-counting has long been the target of reform efforts and Republican attacks, particularly from candidates who lose early gains as the days go on. State leaders and supporters said the count is part of a system that protects against fraud. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed reform bills last year and urged officials to speed up the process.<\/p>\n

But Californians have continued to wait to learn who will be competing for votes in November. The Associated Press has projected<\/a> Democrat Xavier Becerra will advance to the general election for governor, but it\u2019s unclear whom he will face.<\/p>\n

The president suggested, without evidence, that his preferred candidates for California governor and Los Angeles mayor race will somehow be cheated.<\/p>

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\u201cThere\u2019s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks,\u201d Trump posted early Thursday.<\/p>\n

Essayli\u2019s public messaging around his office\u2019s efforts was quickly picked up on social media by right-wing influencers and Trump allies, who have spent much of the past year seeking to cast doubt on the security of elections.<\/p>\n

Essayli tried to debunk one claim alleging Los Angeles mayoral candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt obtained zero votes. After sending a member of his office to review records at the Los Angeles Registrar of Voters, Essayli wrote<\/a>: \u201cThe claim is false.\u201d<\/p>\n

A department spokesperson told the AP such reviews are routine.<\/p>\n

Under Trump, the Justice Department has aggressively pursued election-related investigations, including several in which outside monitors and even department officials in the president\u2019s first administration have already concluded that no widespread fraud occurred.<\/p>\n

Trump, meanwhile, has continued to demand Republican lawmakers \u201cnationalize\u201d elections,<\/a> impose voter ID requirements, ban voting machines and eliminate mail-in voting in states across the country.<\/p>\n

So far, though, the Justice Department\u2019s election integrity efforts have not delivered the type of prosecutions that would back up the president\u2019s claims of widespread voting conspiracies to steal elections.<\/p>\n

Most of the illegal voting cases filed since Trump\u2019s return to the White House involve isolated incidents of people voting twice \u2014 sometimes in favor of Republican candidates \u2014 or voting when they were not legally registered. Those cases have involved allegations of only a handful of votes in elections where thousands were typically cast.<\/p>\n

Essayli responded to skepticism Friday about the investigations he said his office had launched into the vote by pointing to a case his office filed last month against a Los Angeles-area organizer accused of illegally paying homeless people to register to vote.<\/p>\n

His office has not said whether any of those people were ineligible to register or whether they actually voted.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Essayli said of the case in a social media post<\/a>, \u201cthere is evidence of election fraud in California.\u201d<\/p>\n

California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber has defended the state\u2019s system, saying in a statement <\/a>that \u201caccuracy comes before speed.\u201d<\/p>

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