Trump Falsely Claims California Elections 'Rigged,' Announces Federal Investigation Without Evidence

President Trump claimed without evidence on Truth Social and in public statements that California's June 2 primary elections involved 'BIG cheating by the Dumocrats' and announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles was investigating. California election officials explained that delayed vote counting is standard procedure due to mail-in ballot verification requirements. Trump's claims prompted his appointed federal prosecutor to open 'multiple election fraud investigations' and send a prosecutor to LA's vote-counting center, despite no evidence of wrongdoing. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and election experts rejected Trump's allegations as baseless. When pressed on his claims during an NBC 'Meet the Press' interview, Trump stormed out after host Kristen Welker challenged his assertions. The incident represents a weaponization of the DOJ to investigate political opponents based on false election fraud claims.

"BIG cheating by the Dumocrats" — Trump's Truth Social post about California's June 2 primary elections, made without providing any evidence of fraud