California Supreme Court Halts Election Probe

0:00California Supreme Court just dropped a halt on Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco's probe into supposed election fraud. He grabbed over half a million ballots from the November 2025 special election, but now he's ordered to freeze everything and keep those. Ballots untouched while judges sorted out. Attorney General Rob Bonta pushed for this, suing last month to argue the sheriff has zero business messing with election materials. Loading rights group jumped in too, challenging the whole seizure. Bonta's calling it a key win to check a sheriff whose all talk and robe moves. Bianco, a top Republican running for governor, fired back at a county judge Greenlit his investigation first. Last week, Bianco already paused on his own amid the legal pushback, with his office staying quiet on the latest order. This echoes wider election drama, like Trump's ongoing gripes over 2020. Ballots are locked out now as the high court digs deeper, keeping the peace until the full ruling lands.

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