Attorneys from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles visited the Los Angeles County vote counting center following the June 2nd primary.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
An Assistant U.S. Attorney from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles visited the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 5, 2026, after the June 2 primary, as confirmed by the county's own report and by AP and CNN. The sources describe one attorney rather than several, a minor imprecision that does not change the core claim.
What was said
… I'm a Californian. California received the full focus of the President's ire in the aftermath of the June 2nd primary. The President was constantly talking about California, slandering California election officials. There were attorneys from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles that went down to the Los Angeles County vote counting center to see for themselves after the President was making false claims about what was going on, and they were welcomed because, for the election officials, know this, and many of you know this, election officials embrace transparency, and as long as you comply with your state laws, they want people watching. They want that level of transparency. …
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Supports. The Los Angeles County Board update states that, after advance notice from the U.S. Attorney's Office, an Assistant United States Attorney visited the Ballot Processing Center, received an overview, took a facility walkthrough, and observed ballot processing.[3]
Supports. AP reports that the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles sent a prosecutor to the county's vote-counting center on Friday, June 5, and CNN reports the Justice Department sent one of its attorneys to observe ballot processing that morning.[1][4]
Supports. The county registrar-recorder's spokesperson confirmed the visit in a statement, and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Central District of California confirmed it was sent there to observe the vote counting process.[4][5]
Context. The visit followed President Trump's claims of cheating in California's primary, which sources describe as unsupported by evidence. The county said the visit was an observational walkthrough open to public observation.[2][4]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1US attorney opens investigations into California's electionsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FactChecking Trump's Contentious 'Meet the Press' Interview - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3June 8, 2026 TO: Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Chair ...file.lacounty.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4DOJ sends prosecutor to observe LA ballot counting amid Trump’s baseless ‘cheating’ claims | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 5‘Multiple election fraud investigations’ underway in California, US attorney saysocregister.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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