{"id":349715,"date":"2026-06-06T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349715\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:28:11","slug":"california-ag-denies-trumps-voter-fraud-claims-as-ballot-counting-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349715\/","title":{"rendered":"California AG denies Trump\u2019s voter fraud claims as ballot counting continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Saturday denied assertions of voter fraud in the state\u2019s primary elections<\/a>, dismissing unfounded accusations by President Donald Trump of \u201cbig cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonta said in an interview on MS NOW\u2019s \u201cThe Weekend\u201d that there is no basis for the election fraud investigations in Los Angeles that federal prosecutor Bill Essayli said his office is conducting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no details, there is no specifics, there is no specific allegation of any individualized act of voter fraud,\u201d Bonta said. \u201cAnd every count, recount, hand count, court case and audit has shown time and time again \u2014 not just in California, but throughout this country \u2014\u00a0that there is no widespread voter fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonta said claims of voter fraud are \u201conly a figment of the imagination of Trump and others who follow that conspiracy theory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Essayli, the first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California and a Trump appointee, announced Friday that his office is working with the FBI on \u201cmultiple election fraud investigations.\u201d He said he was coordinating with Harmeet Dhillon, Trump\u2019s assistant attorney general for civil rights, on an audit of California\u2019s voter rolls, citing the state\u2019s lack of a voter ID rule.<\/p>\n

Essayli\u2019s announcement came one day after Trump declared without evidence that there was \u201cBIG cheating\u201d<\/a> by Democrats in California, citing the state\u2019s well-known slow ballot counting process.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClarissa-Jan Lim<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.\t\t<\/p>\n

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