US attorney in California suspects voter fraud investigation will result in charges

First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli warned recently that a federal investigation into allegations of voter fraud in the state could yield criminal charges.

Essayli announced Saturday that his office was partnering with the FBI on multiple election fraud investigations and accused California of denying federal prosecutors access to voter registration records. 

The federal prosecutor said his team and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon have been trying to audit the state for over a year under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act.

“I expect people will be charged," Essayli said in a Monday appearance on “The Glenn Beck Program.” "But we need a wide-scale audit of the California voter roll, which is what Harmeet and I have been trying to do for the last year." 

The comment comes amid questions of fraud in the state's most recent primary where more than 4.2 million mail-in ballots have been returned and accepted by the state. In California, mail-in ballots are counted as long as they are either dropped off in person by 8 p.m. on Election Day, or postmarked by Election Day and received by county election offices by the following Tuesday. 

Essayli admitted that successful prosecution of widespread election fraud would face significant hurdles because thousands of voters would need to be charged to prove that the misconduct changes the outcome of the California election.

“California is a fraudster’s paradise, make no mistake about that, whether it’s hospice fraud, health care fraud or election fraud,” Essayli told Beck. 

The attorney did not provide evidence of voter fraud in the state or recent election.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.