Donald Trump escalates election fraud claims in 46-minute video



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Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe Biden, unspooling one misstatement after another to back his baseless claim that he really won.


The US President called his address, released on Wednesday only on social media and delivered in front of no audience, perhaps "the most important speech" of his presidency. But it was largely a recycling of the same litany of misinformation and unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud that he has been making for the past month.


Mr Trump, who spoke from the Diplomatic Room, kept up his futile pushback against the election even as state after state certifies its results and as Mr Biden presses ahead with shaping his Cabinet in advance of his inauguration on Jan. 20.


Mr Trump’s remarks raised questions about how far he may be willing to go in his campaign to overturn Mr Biden’s win, including whether he might press Republicans in Congress to block certification of the vote, a move that’s been floated by the president’s allies.


Mr Biden received a record 81 million votes compared to 74 million for Mr Trump. The Democrat also won 306 electoral votes compared to 232 for Mr Trump. 






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Mr Trump dug further into his contention of a "rigged election" even though members of his ow ..

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