That visit, June 9 -- The attorney stood at the edge of the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on Friday morning, was shown the counting operation, and left. No search warrant. No subpoena. No complaint from any voter, campaign, or county official about a specific act of fraud. Just an observer from the U.S. Attorney's Office, watching ballots move through machines, and a press statement confirming his presence in the building.

unremarkable on its face, routine under California election law - has become the most tangible evidence yet that President Donald Trump's election fraud accusations are not merely rhetorical. They now have operational footprint. And the question hanging over California's still-uncompleted primary count is...