A viral social media post has fueled election fraud rumors in the race for L.A. mayor. What really happened was a slight lag in the data relayed to media outlets.

Key primary elections across California remained in the spotlight Friday evening, including the Los Angeles mayoral contest and the race to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom. Brittney Ermon reports.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said Friday it had opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California's elections and sent a prosecutor to the county's vote-counting center.

Bill Essayli’s claim comes a day after President Trump alleged, without evidence, widespread cheating in California’s primaries. Election law experts say it’s just “noise.”

A federal prosecutor indicated the investigations are focused on the Los Angeles area following President Donald Trump’s claims, without evidence, of cheating in the primaries.

State officials say they’re monitoring federal activity after prosecutors announce investigations tied to the primary count.

Without citing evidence, the president said Democrats were ‘trying to steal’ races from Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt.

Voters on Tuesday had their final say on their top two choices for the November general election ballot to represent them in the Assembly and state Senate.