Trump Lies

Trump Lawyer Now Claims CIA Is Behind Voter Fraud

Mediaite reports: Sidney Powell went on an evidence-free tangent on Fox Business which included her claiming that the CIA is involved in the supposed election fraud that caused President Donald Trump to lose the 2020 election. “You’ll be able to prove this?” host Maria Bartiromo asked. “Do you have the software in your possession? Do you have the hardware in …

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Chuck Todd: If Trump Were President Elsewhere, Our Own State Department Would Be Issuing Grim Reports

“The President of the United States refuses to concede the election, claiming falsely that it was somehow stolen. His attorney general is currently encouraging investigations into voter fraud, despite a lack of evidence that any exists. “His secretary of state is suggesting the president will be inaugurated for a second term. “If this were happening anywhere else, our State Department …

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John Bolton: Republicans Need To Tell Trump He Lost

The Hill reports: Former national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday that Republican leaders need to explain to voters that President Trump has lost the election, even though the president has yet to concede. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Bolton was asked by host Martha Raddatz what could be done to convince Trump voters that President-elect Joe Biden had …

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Trump Backtracks: “I Concede NOTHING, I Will Win”

Politico reports: President Donald Trump has yet to concede the presidential election, but on Sunday he briefly came close to acknowledging that he lost in a tweet. But an hour or so later, Trump made it clear he was not conceding, tweeting “RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!“ and following it up with “He only won in the eyes of the …

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Trump Finally Admits Losing The Election: “He Won”

Sky News reports: Donald Trump has appeared to concede the US election for the first time, saying that president-elect Joe Biden “won”. He made the admission in a tweet along with more unfounded claims the vote was rigged against him. It is a significant acknowledgement from Mr Trump, who despite losing both the Electoral College and popular vote has refused …

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Loony Louis Spawns Latest Batshit Conspiracy Claims

The Associated Press reports: CLAIM: The U.S. Army raided the Frankfurt office of the Spanish election software company Scytl to seize servers that had evidence of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Both the Army and Scytl told The Associated Press the claim is not true. Furthermore, Scytl does not have offices or servers in …

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Trump Rages About Ballots Audit Underway In Georgia

Newsweek reports: President Trump on Saturday railed against the recount process in Georgia, calling it a “waste of time” on Twitter, claiming that officials won’t let his campaign’s election observers into counting rooms. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced the recount of the state’s nearly 5 million votes on Wednesday. President-elect Joe Biden maintains a slim lead of …

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WH Claims “Over One Million” Turned Out For DC Rally

Yahoo News reports: Mr Trump’s supporters kicked off the rally about noon local time (17:00G) near Freedom Plaza, just east of the White House. They are using different names for the event, including Million MAGA March – using the acronym for Mr Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan – as well as the March for Trump and Stop the Steal …

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Key State GOP Leaders Reject Ploy To Flip Electors

The Associated Press reports: Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some Republicans floated as a last chance to keep Trump in the White House. State GOP lawmakers …

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Trump Puts Giuliani In Charge Of Election Lawsuits

The New York Times reports: President Trump has put his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in charge of his campaign lawsuits related to the outcome of the election, as well as all public communications related to them, four people familiar with the move said on Friday. Mr. Trump turned to Mr. Giuliani earlier on Friday in reaction to the latest …

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Republicans Lose Another Ballots Suit In Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh’s CBS News affiliate reports: A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected an effort led by a Republican congressional candidate to block about 9,300 ballots that arrived after Election Day. The three-judge panel, led by Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Brooks Smith, noted the “unprecedented challenges” facing the nation this year, especially the “vast disruption” caused by the COVID-19 …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Speaks From WH Rose Garden

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump is scheduled to make public remarks on Friday afternoon, his first public comments since Joe Biden was projected the winner in the presidential race — snapping the longest stretch of silence in his presidency. The Rose Garden appearance is his first comments since Nov. 5th and is slated to focus on Covid-19 vaccines. Trump …

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SUPERCUT: When Trump Called 306 Votes A “Landslide”

Mediaite reports: In many, many public appearances and campaign events in the past few years, Trump would fire up the audience by talking about that stunning election night and recounting in detail how he won some key states that shocked the media. After CNN called the Georgia race on Friday, Brianna Keilar ran a montage of all the times Trump …

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Trump Team Drops Hotline After Onslaught Of Pranks

TechDirt reports: Immediately following Election Day, the Trump campaign opened its own voter fraud hotlines. People who thought they observed voting fraud were encouraged to call the campaign or submit sworn statements via a handful of websites. Both offerings were immediately swamped by pranksters and other non-fans of Trump, tying up phone lines and filling the webform coffers with useless …

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Trump Takes Credit For Secure Yet “Rigged Election”

ABC News reports: Donald Trump is claiming credit for how secure the election was, while simultaneously pushing baseless claims of massive fraud in the race. A group of federal, state and local election officials said in a statement released yesterday that last week’s election was “the most secure in American history.” So Trump is simultaneously requesting praise for the integrity …

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Trump’s Lawyers Withdraw From Pennsylvania Lawsuit

The New York Times reports: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign’s efforts to cast doubt on the presidential election results in Pennsylvania, abruptly withdrew from a federal lawsuit that it filed days earlier on behalf of President Trump. “Plaintiffs and Porter Wright have reached a mutual agreement that plaintiffs will be best served if …

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Fox Host Debunks Trump’s “Voting Machines” Claims

Mediaite reports: Ordinarily, this would be a relatively pedestrian setting-the-record-straight instance for morning television. But the fact that Doocy is directly countering Fox News colleague Sean Hannity, and President Trump, is a rather remarkable moment for the pro-Trump morning show. “I looked into it,” Doocy opened, correcting the record. “With that Dominion software, five counties in Michigan and Georgia had …

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NYT: Trump Mulling Announcement Of 2024 WH Run

The New York Times reports: As a next step, Mr. Trump is talking seriously about announcing that he is planning to run again in 2024, aware that whether he actually does it or not, it will freeze an already-crowded field of possible Republican candidates. And, Republicans say, it will keep the wide support he showed even in defeat and could …

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Candace Owens: The Media Is Conning People Into Believing Biden Won Fairly So Send Me Money Today

Just in via email from Trump cultist Candace Owens: Here’s how the media is reporting on clear, undeniable election fraud: The New York Times: “Torrent of Falsehoods,” CNN: “Baseless voter fraud claims,” NPR: “False Claims of Fraud, Rigged Election,” CBS News: “Voter fraud complaint is ‘garbage,’” Meanwhile, Big Tech is getting in on the scam too: Facebook has banned the …

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Trump Ignores Public Duties As He Stews Over Loss

The Washington Post reports: On Thursday, six American service members were killed in a helicopter crash during a peacekeeping mission in Egypt. Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in North Florida, contributing to severe flooding. The number of Americans infected with the novel coronavirus continued at a record-setting pace, sending the stock market tumbling. At the White House, President Donald Trump …

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