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Trump revives unverified claims of noncitizen voting in 2020

Washington Post Politics Tuesday 18 August 2026, 23:29 UTC By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Patrick Marley 1 min read
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday re-upped his long-standing false claims of a rigged 2020 election, seizing on what he described as 24,000 illegal votes uncovered in a review of voter and citizenship records to again assert that he won the election. Democracy Dies in Darkness Trump revives unverified claims of noncitizen voting in 2020 The president pointed to data that he said shows 24,000 illegal votes cast in 2020, a tiny fraction of the total vote that year.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday re-upped his long-standing false claims of a rigged 2020 election, seizing on what he described as 24,000 illegal votes uncovered in a review of voter and citizenship records to again assert that he won the election. Democracy Dies in Darkness Trump revives unverified claims of noncitizen voting in 2020 The president pointed to data that he said shows 24,000 illegal votes cast in 2020, a tiny fraction of the total vote that year.
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