UNVERIFIED

While the Department of Justice and a US Attorney have recently opened multiple election fraud investigations in the Los Angeles area 3 10, no conclusive evidence of widespread corruption has been produced. These probes followed allegations made by President Trump, which several sources describe as being made without proof or evidence 1 4. Election experts, including those at the Brookings Institution, state that mail-in voting fraud is exceedingly rare and emphasize that the practice actually increases voter turnout 11. The Brennan Center for Justice and researchers at Stanford University have characterized the narrative of systemic voter fraud as a myth 12 13. Furthermore, the California Secretary of State has labeled such claims as misinformation designed to undermine public trust 2. Although the Heritage Foundation has documented isolated instances of proven fraud 5, a 2025 literature review concluded that experts overwhelmingly rejected claims of widespread fraud in recent cycles 14. Because the current federal investigations are ongoing and sources indicate a lack of evidence for the broader claim, the status of systemic corruption remains unverified 1 3 10.