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发帖数: 734 | 1 'Abuse of the rule of law': 1,000 ex-judges, legal experts slam Trump's
false claims of voter fraud
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/13/election-2020-trump-
voter-fraud-claims-slammed-ex-officials/6276446002/
WASHINGTON – A group of 1,000 attorneys, including retired federal and
state judges, state attorneys general and law professors criticized the
Trump administration over baseless claims of widespread voter fraud in the
2020 election.
"Every candidate has a right to ensure that an election is conducted
lawfully. However, court challenges, if any, must be based on facts, on
evidence," stated the letter, which asked public officials to stop making
false claims of systemic fraud that President Donald Trump has claimed "
stole" the election from him.
"The President of the United States has directed the filing of court cases
seeking to stop ballots from being counted on the ground that there has been
widespread ballot fraud. His sons have sharply criticized Republicans who
are not backing their father’s claims,"
Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham and House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, have made statements backing Trump's
lawsuits and claims of fraud.
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr on May 15, 2019.
In a statement, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said: "
The President owes it to the 73 million people who voted for him to ensure
that the election was fair and secure, and he also owes it to everyone who
voted for Biden. Every American deserves the peace of mind that our
elections are sound."
Trump had 72,319,510 votes. More than 77 million Americans voted for
President-elect Joe Biden, winning the popular vote by about 5 million. | w****h
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