BONTA WARNS OF VOTE DENIAL

State's top lawyer says it's 'naive' to assume Trump would accept passage of Prop. 50.

- BY DAKOTA SMITH

STATE Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta expects President Trump will fight Prop. 50 results.

State Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Monday that he anticipates the Trump administration, which last week announced plans to use federal election monitors in California, will use false reports of voting irregularities to challenge the results of the Nov. 4 special election.

Bonta, California's top law enforcement officer, said on a call with reporters that he is "100%" concerned about false accusations of wrongdoing at the polling places.

Bonta said it would be "naive" to assume President Trump would accept the results of the Nov. 4 election given his history of lying about election outcomes, including his loss to President Biden in 2020.

The attorney general also warned that Trump's tactics may be a preview of what the country might see in the 2026 election, when control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the fate of Trump's controversial political agenda will be at stake.

"All indications, all arrows, show that this is a tee-up for something more dangerous in the 2026 midterms and maybe beyond," Bonta said.

The U.S. Department of Justice last week announced it would send election monitors to five California counties where voters are casting ballots in the Proposition 50 election to decide whether to redraw the state's congressional boundaries.

Federal election monitors will visit sites across Southern California and in the Central Valley in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counthe Justice Departties ment said.