what was said
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“There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY??? President DJT”
fact check
- 01Lie
“Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles”
ABC7 explicitly called this claim "currently unsubstantiated." No confirmation from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles or any federal agency of an election investigation in California exists in public records.
- 01ABC7proof ⟶
- 02Partially True
“Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks”
Vote counting in LA County continues through June 26, with final certification by July 10 — this is standard California procedure for mail-in ballots, not evidence of manipulation.
- 01LAistproof ⟶
- 03Lie
“BIG cheating by the Democrats in California”
ABC7 explicitly characterized Trump's fraud claims as made "without evidence." No specific evidence of cheating was presented. California's slow vote counting is a decades-old systemic feature unrelated to any party.
- 01ABC7proof ⟶
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