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California Supreme Court Orders GOP Sheriff to Pause Election Probe and Preserve Seized Ballots
The court said 1,000 boxes of ballots must stay preserved while judges review a legal challenge to the sheriff’s fraud probe.
- On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to pause his investigation into election fraud allegations while judges review the legal challenge against it.
- The dispute began in February, escalating last month when Bianco seized 1,000 boxes of election materials to investigate a complaint regarding the ballot count from a November 2025 special election.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta requested the court's intervention, stating, "What the Sheriff says and what he does are often two different things." Bonta called the ruling essential to stop the probe.
- Bianco stated last week he paused the investigation amid mounting legal challenges, despite previously defending the probe as court-approved and seizing another 426 boxes of ballots.
- Mirroring rhetoric from President Donald Trump regarding the 2020 election, this investigation follows similar actions in Georgia as some Republicans adopt comparable approaches to voting in their states.
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JUST IN: California Supreme Court Orders Sheriff Bianco to Pause His Massive Election Fraud Investigation and Preserve 650,000 Ballots He Seized
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco to pause his massive election fraud investigation and preserve the 650,000 ballots he seized.
California Supreme Court Orders Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco to Pause Election Probe, Preserve Seized Ballots
California News: The California Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to immediately pause his ongoing investigation into alleged discrepancies and potential irregularities in the November 2025 special election ballots and to preserve all seized materials while legal challenges proceed. The order, issued by the state’s highest court, halts further examination of...
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The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to pause his investigation into election fraud in a 2025 election."To permit further consideration of this petition for review, real parties, their agents, employees, and anyone acting on their behalf are hereby ordered to pause the investigation into the November 2025 special election and preserve all seized items," the court wrote, while agreeing to review t…
California Supreme Court Orders Sheriff to Pause Election Fraud Probe
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was ordered by the California Supreme Court on April 8 to halt his investigation into 2025 election fraud allegations so the judges can review the legal challenges his probe faces. Bianco, a Republican who is running for California governor, seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots after allegedly receiving complaints from locals. Then, last month he seized an additional 1,000 boxes of election m…
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