Trump says will not ‘change my mind’ on election fraud claims
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Within the first TV interview since dropping his re-election bid, President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he won’t ever concede to Joe Biden and abandon his conspiracy principle about mass poll fraud.
“It’s not such as you’re gonna change my thoughts. My thoughts is not going to change in six months,” Trump advised Fox Information interviewer Maria Bartiromo.
“This election was rigged. This election was a complete fraud,” he claimed, once more with out backing this up. “We gained the election simply.”
The 45-minute interview, Trump’s first on tv for the reason that November 3 election, was largely a monologue of evidence-free claims regarding election fraud, nearly unchallenged by Bartiromo.
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Regardless of Trump’s unprecedented assault on the validity of the US election system, his authorized crew has but to offer any proof that stands up in court docket.
Case after case has been rejected by judges across the nation. The newest rebuff got here from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court docket, which on Saturday turned down a lawsuit filed by Trump supporters looking for to contest Biden’s win within the state.
“We’re making an attempt to place the proof in and the judges gained’t enable us to do it,” Trump stated. “We try. We’ve got a lot proof.”
Ignoring the standard boundaries between his workplace and the judicial and regulation enforcement system, Trump complained that the Division of Justice and FBI weren’t serving to him.
They’re “lacking in motion,” he stated, additionally questioning the purpose of the Supreme Court docket if it doesn’t intervene.
“We needs to be heard by the Supreme Court docket. One thing has to have the ability to rise up there. In any other case, what’s the Supreme Court docket?” he requested.
The 2020 election was not particularly shut.
Biden gained the electoral school vote — the state-by-state competitors deciding the winner — by 306 to 232. Within the standard nationwide vote, which doesn’t resolve the consequence however nonetheless has political and symbolic heft, Biden gained by 51 to 47 p.c.
Losers of US presidential elections historically concede virtually instantly.
However whether or not or not Trump ever acknowledges defeat, the Electoral Faculty is all however sure to undergo the formal motions of confirming Biden when it meets on December 14 and the Democrat shall be sworn in on Inauguration Day January 20.
Even because the clock runs down on his single time period, Trump declined to say on Fox Information whether or not he sees an expiry date for his unsuccessful authorized marketing campaign.
“I’m not going to say a date,” he stated.
Requested if he noticed a path to victory, he stated: “I hope so.”
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