RivCo Supervisors Decline To Pay Sheriff Bianco's Legal Fees In Election Probe

RIVERSIDE, CA — The future of the fight over fraud allegations related to the Proposition 50 special election remained unclear on Thursday after the Riverside County Board of Supervisors declined to pay for outside counsel outside counsel to defend Sheriff Chad Bianco in four lawsuits.

On Tuesday, the supervisors voted 4-1 to allow Riverside County to foot the bill over lawsuits he's facing after seizing more than 650,000 ballots in Riverside County. Supervisor Karen Spiegel was the only dissenting vote.

On April 8, the California Supreme Court ordered Bianco to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it.

The order came after California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, last month asked the court to step in, arguing the sheriff has no authority over election materials. A voting rights group is also challenging the ballot seizure.



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