Federal prosecutors in California have revealed that multiple election fraud investigations are underway as scrutiny intensifies over the state’s lengthy vote-counting process and voter registration practices.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced Friday that his office is working alongside the Department of Justice and the FBI on several active investigations related to election integrity.
“California’s election system has serious structural vulnerabilities,” Essayli wrote on X. “Universal vote-by-mail with no voter ID requirements creates conditions where fraud can go undetected and unpunished, eroding public confidence.”
Essayli stressed that federal authorities would aggressively pursue any evidence of wrongdoing.
“Without commenting on any specific investigation, my office has multiple election fraud investigations underway in coordination with the FBI,” he wrote. “We will follow the evidence wherever it leads and prosecute any violations of federal election law to the fullest extent.”
He also announced that federal officials are working with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to conduct what he described as a comprehensive audit of California’s voter rolls.
According to Essayli, state officials have resisted federal efforts to verify voter registration records and determine whether only eligible U.S. citizens are registered to vote.
“The state has stonewalled every effort to verify that only eligible US citizens are registered to vote,” Essayli said, noting that the dispute is currently before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon publicly backed the effort shortly after the announcement.
“Ask yourselves — why does California (and many other states) hide their voter rolls from the federal government at the same time they gladly hand them over to liberal activist groups?” Dhillon wrote on social media.
The announcement follows comments from President Trump, who accused Democrats of attempting to influence outcomes in California’s gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral primary races and called for an investigation into the state’s vote-counting process.
Essayli pointed to a recent Los Angeles case as an example of election-related fraud concerns. In May, prosecutors charged a woman accused of paying homeless individuals on Skid Row to register to vote as part of an alleged scheme connected to petition signature collection.
Meanwhile, questions continue to mount over the pace of ballot counting across California.
Los Angeles County officials reported Wednesday that only 77,521 additional ballots had been processed since election night, while an estimated 713,180 ballots remained outstanding.
Observers visiting the county’s ballot processing facility this week reported seeing numerous unoccupied workstations despite the large backlog of ballots awaiting review.
County election officials maintain that California’s extended counting process is the result of ballot verification procedures, signature checks, and state laws allowing ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive several days later and still be counted.
Federal investigators have not publicly disclosed the specific targets of the ongoing election fraud probes, but Essayli vowed that his office would continue pursuing evidence wherever it leads.
“Every legal vote deserves to be counted,” he said. “Every illegal vote cancels one out.”
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