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First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced that his office is conducting several election fraud investigations in coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles. The announcement was made via social media and appeared to follow comments made by President Trump.

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Feds pursuing ‘multiple’ election fraud investigations, top prosecutor says First Assistant U.S.

Why it matters

Bill Essayli on Friday morning said his office “has multiple election fraud investigations underway,” in coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles.

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Essayli’s remarks, posted to X, seemed to be in response to President Trump alleging in his own social media post late … Los Angeles Times flipped this story into California•37d

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First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced that his office is conducting several election fraud investigations in coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles. The announcement was made via social media and appeared to follow comments made by President Trump.

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Claim 1: “Essayli’s remarks, posted to X”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Bill Essayli's remarks regarding the election fraud investigations were announced/posted on X.
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Claim 2: “First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli on Friday morning said his office “has multiple election fraud investigations underway,””
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced that federal authorities have 'multiple election fraud investigations underway' in California.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bilal Ali "Bill" Essayli (born November 24, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician who currently serves as the first assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California. He pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Essayli
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) are headed by an assistant attorney general. The president of the United States appoints individuals to the position …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general act…
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Claim 3: “in coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles”
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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant, consisting of search results about Beijing commerce, hotels, and general FBI/Mafia Wikipedia entries. There is no evidence in the provided set confirming coordination with the FBI in Los Angeles for these specific investigations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operates 56 field offices in major cities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Many of these offices are further subdivided into smaller resident age…
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