Trump hid reports disproving 2020 election fraud claims: Report

FOrmer President Donald Trump called several state officials to try to reverse his 2020 loss, despite having already commissioned a report by his campaign which showed that his claims of widespread fraud in the election were false.

The report by the reveals that the Trump campaign spent more $600,000. in weeks following the 2020 election to investigate claims that thousands had voted. Washington Post. The “Project 2020” report was returned to Trump on Jan. 1, 2021, and cited evidence disproving those claims — but that research was never made public.

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Trump called Brad Raffensperger in Georgia, asking him to reverse his state loss.

“Dead people voted, and I think the number is close to 5,000 people,” Trump stated. “And they went to obituaries. They went to all sorts of methods to come up with an accurate number, and a minimum is close to about 5,000 voters.”

Trump’s claims shook with the results of his campaign report. Researchers came to this conclusion “high confidence” Only nine ballots were cast in honor of a deceased person in Georgia’s largest county. “potential statewide exposure” The report lists 23 votes.

Trump persevered despite these findings. Trump filed a lawsuit against Nevada, alleging that more than 1,500 people died voting and that another 42,284 voters cast twice. However, the Trump-commissioned report showed that only 20 dead people statewide cast their ballots in the 2020 election — 1,486 fewer than what Trump claimed.

The “Project 2020” The Justice Department has received the report in response to its investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 electoral results and the riot at Capitol on January 6, 2021. Witnesses were asked questions about Trump’s December 2020 and January 2021 meetings to determine whether actions were being taken to reverse the election. They also received information on his pressure campaign to Mike Pence, former Vice President, to aid in that effort on Jan. 6.

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The probe aims to find out what Trump told his lawyers and top officials as part of their attempt to alter the 2020 election outcome. There are also two possible routes that could lead to further scrutiny of Trump.

The other is seditious conspiracies and conspiracy to obstruct government proceedings. This is similar to the charges against those who stormed the Capitol. One involves Trump being charged with fraud in relation to his attempts to force the DOJ into overturning the election results.