Desperate Election STUNT in California INSTANTLY EXPOSED
April 2, 2026
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as posted by the channelAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian spotlight Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — an admitted former member of the Oath Keepers who is now running for governor of California and just seized 650,000 ballots in what California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls a baseless election stunt. Bianco claims a local citizens group found 45,000 fraudulent ballots from the November 2025 Proposition 50 special election on redistricting, but county elections officials say the actual discrepancy was about 100 votes — and the measure passed in Riverside County alone by more than 80,000 votes. Bianco says the investigation has "absolutely nothing to do" with his campaign, but the timing is suspicious given California's top-two primary system, where Democrats risk splitting their vote among eight candidates and sending two Republicans to the general election. Brian and Shant walk through Bianco's record as sheriff — the 60 pounds of meth his department lost, the highest jail death rate in 15 years, the poorest crime-solving record in the state, the lawsuit for campaigning in uniform, and his admission that he paid Oath Keepers dues but claims he "barely remembers" joining. His defense: he liked their "constitutional principles." It's like saying you joined the mob for the Italian food.
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