//President Trump has made voter fraud claims for years despite no evidence of widespread fraud

President Trump has made voter fraud claims for years despite no evidence of widespread fraud

President Trump has made voter fraud claims for years despite no evidence of widespread fraud

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this tremendous corruption and fraud. President Trump is continuing a years long pattern by claiming widespread voter fraud. This time, after losing his reelection bid without any evidence of fraud, he used taxpayer money in 2017 to create a commission to go find it. There’s something there always is. Mainz longtime Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a Democrat, was on that commission. Did you find any fraud? Absolutely not. In fact, we sort of knew was a bunch of crap. Secretary Dunlop had to sue in court to get the commission’s own records because the Trump administration withheld them from Dunlap and some other members. The record showed no evidence of widespread fraud anywhere. I was naive. I really thought this was an honest effort. We found that was basically an intellectually dishonest process with a foregone conclusion. In 2016, the president falsely claimed people illegally cast 3 to 5 million ballots. This year, President Trump is again crying foul. Have you found any irregularities in Alabama? We have not had any irregularities, inconsistencies, fraudulent activity. John Merrill is the Republican secretary of state in Alabama, who says there have been six convictions for voter fraud in the past six years. This year, nothing that was significant enough that has caused US toe have any level of consternation whatsoever. And in a joint statement after Election Day, the organizations that represent the nation’s top election officials in every state issue this bipartisan statement saying Quote. More than 100 million ballots were safely and securely cast, both in person and by mail. End quote. Those are the fax in Washington. I’m chief national investigative correspondent Mark Albert.

President Donald Trump is continuing a yearslong pattern by claiming widespread voter fraud.This time, he’s continued that message after losing his reelection bid, despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud thus far.He used taxpayer money in 2017 to create a commission to find any potential fraud.Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a member of that commission, had to sue in court to see the commission’s findings.The record showed no evidence of widespread fraud anywhere.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

President Donald Trump is continuing a yearslong pattern by claiming widespread voter fraud.

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This time, he’s continued that message after losing his reelection bid, despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud thus far.

He used taxpayer money in 2017 to create a commission to find any potential fraud.

Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a member of that commission, had to sue in court to see the commission’s findings.

The record showed no evidence of widespread fraud anywhere.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.