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ELECTION 2020

Trump Reasserts Fraud Claims Despite Lack of Evidence, Losses in Court

In White House address, the president again said he won the election, even as states move forward certifying Joe Biden’s victory.

By Andrew Restuccia and Alex Leary

December 2, 2020

WASHINGTON—President Trump delivered a lengthy speech from the White House on Wednesday in which he insisted that he won the election and again declined to concede to President-elect Joe Biden less than two months before Inauguration Day.

The address—which wasn’t on Mr. Trump’s public schedule and which he called “maybe the most important speech I’ve ever made”—marked the latest rhetorical escalation by the president as he continues to contest the results of an election he lost.

Mr. Biden, meanwhile, is moving forward with planning for the White House. He has announced key cabinet officials and his team has begun coordinating with the Trump administration. Mr. Biden’s transition team didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

“If we are right about the fraud, Joe Biden can’t be president,” Mr. Trump said in the 46-minute recorded speech from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room as he ticked through a slew of statements that have been proved false or that his campaign hasn’t substantiated in court.

Mr. Trump asserted that he won the election “without question,” even though the Associated Press said Mr. Biden would receive 306 Electoral College votes, well over the 270 needed to secure the presidency. The six most hotly contested battleground states have all certified their results for Mr. Biden, and Mr. Biden’s lead in the national popular vote currently stands at nearly seven million.

No evidence of widespread voter fraud has surfaced, and homeland-security officials in early November called the 2020 contest “the most secure election in U.S. history.”

Federal officials also have agreed with state election authorities that they have seen no evidence that voting systems were tampered with. Multiple federal judges—including some appointed by Mr. Trump—have dismissed Trump campaign complaints, saying they lacked proof backing up allegations of fraud. Mr. Trump is pushing forward with legal claims attempting to reverse the results in a handful of states.

“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Attorney General William Barr told the AP on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump said he is prepared to “accept any accurate election result, and I hope Joe Biden is as well.” But he made clear he had no plans to concede. Aides to Mr. Trump say he is likely to never formally concede the race, but leave office contending the election was stolen from him. He has discussed running for another term in 2024.

“This is not just about my campaign, although it has a lot to do with who’s going to be your next president,” he said. “This is about restoring faith and confidence in American elections.” He said he was representing 74 million people who voted for him and “all of the people that didn’t vote for me.”

The White House didn’t allow reporters to observe Mr. Trump’s speech. Aside from an interview with Fox News and a brief exchange with journalists on Thanksgiving, Mr. Trump has largely avoided taking questions from the press since Mr. Biden was declared the winner of the election.

On Facebook, where Mr. Trump’s speech was posted, a note was appended to the video explaining that Mr. Biden was the projected winner of the election. It was also posted on Twitter, which added the disclaimer: “This claim about election fraud is disputed.”

The president’s rhetoric has drawn sharp complaints from Democrats, who say it is damaging faith in elections, and it is increasingly making Republicans nervous heading into January runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of power of the Senate.

“This election was rigged. Everybody knows it,” Mr. Trump said during his speech. “I don’t mind if I lose an election, but I want to lose an election fair and square. What I don’t want to do is have it stolen from the American people. That’s what we’re fighting for.”

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Appeared in the December 3, 2020, print edition as 'In Speech, Trump Reasserts Fraud Claims.'