The president on Monday evening thanked the witnesses and representatives at the hearing, accusing Democrats of playing “games like nobody has ever seen before.”
“This is the first time that Republicans or the first time anyone has fought back,” Trump said.
The hearing saw Trump’s attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, alongside witnesses, appear in front of members of the Arizona Legislature alleging that considerable voter fraud occurred in the state.
Trump claimed that he had won the battleground states of Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, noting that he secured 11 million more votes than he did in his 2016 presidential bid.
“The 2020 election was rigged. It was a scam, and the whole world is watching and they are laughing at our country,” he said.
His remarks came shortly after Arizona’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs certified the state’s presidential election results, challenging claims of election fraud by saying all voting machines are certified by a federal commission and reviewed by state officials, that credentialed poll observers witnessed all ballot tabulating, and cameras were in ballot tabulation centers with live streams able to be viewed over the Internet.
According to Hobbs’s website, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden beat Trump by about 10,500 votes out of 3.4 million cast. Trump won Arizona in 2016 over Hillary Clinton by about 91,000 votes.
During the call, Trump accused Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of rushing the certification process amid voter fraud allegations, and despite the fact that the hearing was detailing the allegations.
“On top of it, you have a governor named Ducey,” Trump said. “He just rushed to sign certificates … what’s that all about? He didn’t have to sign it. I say, why would he sign when you have these incredible hearings going on that’s showing such corruption and such horrible fraud?”
“You have to figure out what that’s all about with Ducey. He couldn’t go fast enough,” Trump continued. “We’re not going to forget what Ducey just did.”
“This shows how arrogant the Democrats and others were in taking away and stealing an election,” the president said.
Trump brushed aside calls for him to choose the “easier route” and focus on a possible 2024 presidential campaign.
“I have to focus on two weeks ago. This is the greatest scam ever perpetrated on our country,” he said.
“Arizona hearings on live right now on @OANN. Such total corruption. So sad for our country!” he said on Twitter.
Addressing Trump’s criticisms, Ducey defended the state’s election system.
“We’ve been doing early voting since 1992. Arizona didn’t explore or experiment this year. We didn’t cancel Election Day voting as some pushed for—we weren’t going to disenfranchise any voter. In Arizona, we have some of the strongest election laws in the country, laws that prioritize accountability and clearly lay out procedures for conducting, canvassing, and even contesting the results of an election,” Ducey said in a statement on Twitter.
“We’ve got ID at the polls. We review EVERY signature (every single one) on early ballots—by hand—unlike other states that use computers. Prohibitions on ballot harvesting. Bipartisan poll observers. Clear deadlines, including no ballots allowed after Election Day,” he added.
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Barr said there was no fraud in the election? U.S. Department of Justice Emergency Statement
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/12/02/a103000115.html / Direct translation
A few days ago, some media reported that US Attorney General Barr claimed that there was no fraud in the 2020 election. As soon as the news came out, it triggered a strong response from public opinion. In response, the U.S. Department of Justice subsequently issued an urgent statement denying Barr's remarks and claiming that it will continue to investigate allegations of election fraud.
At approximately 8 o'clock in the evening on December 1, a spokesperson for the US Department of Justice issued a statement saying: "Some media erroneously reported that the Department of Justice has concluded its investigation of election fraud, and the Department of Justice announced that there was no fraud in the election."
The statement also said, "That is not a report by the Associated Press, nor said by the Attorney General. The Department of Justice will continue to collect and actively pursue all specific and credible fraud allegations as soon as possible."
Prior to this, the Associated Press released breaking news on the afternoon of December 1 stating that the Attorney General William. Barr (William Barr) said in an interview with them, "So far, we have not seen large-scale fraud that may affect the election results."
Barr's denial of fraud in the election has been questioned by the public. Recently, many witnesses attended public hearings on election integrity held in Pennsylvania and Arizona, and more and more evidence of fraud was presented to the public, shocking the outside world.
Trump team lawyers issued a statement in response to the Associated Press report, refuting Barr's remarks that there was no fraud in the election. The statement said: "IMHO, it seems that the Ministry of Justice has not conducted any investigation."
The statement also pointed out that many witnesses testified after being sworn that they had seen crimes related to election fraud. But none of them has been questioned by the Ministry of Justice.
The Justice Department was asked to confirm the comments in the Associated Press report and explain why Barr did not make the comments at the press conference. The Ministry of Justice made the above response in the evening of December 1.
The US election was accused of systemic fraud, but so far there has been no serious investigation by law enforcement agencies. On the contrary, after the hearing in Pennsylvania, more than one witness who testified fraud was questioned by agents of the Department of Justice.
The Republican scrutineer Leah Hoopes, who attended the hearing, revealed on November 28 in the former White House chief strategist Bannon’s "Battle Room" program that shortly after she testified at the hearing, a Justice Department agent suddenly visited and interrogated her at her residence.
Hopps said she didn't know if the agent wanted to understand the case or "interrogate the prisoner." She also stated that another Republican scrutineer, Greg, who was present at the hearing to testify, was also questioned by agents.
Some netizens commented that this sounds a lot like "intimidating witnesses."
Attorney General Barr announced after election day that he would investigate election fraud, but Barr has remained almost silent in the face of large-scale fraud in several key swing states.
Barr wrote in a memo sent to federal prosecutors earlier, "If there are clear and apparently credible allegations of violations, and if these allegations are true, they may affect the outcome of a federal election in a state, then it can proceed. This kind of investigation and review."
Outsiders believe that this is exactly the same as the statement of the Ministry of Justice on December 1, but this does not mean that the Ministry of Justice will do something in the election fraud. President Trump has publicly criticized the Justice Department and the FBI for "disappearing" in the election fraud investigation.
On November 29, Trump said in an interview with Fox Business that since the election day (November 3), neither the US Department of Justice nor the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seen any fraud or violations of behavioral information."
Trump said that they "disappeared during the operation. I can't tell you how far they are."
Trump also said that he has inquired about fraud investigations by federal law enforcement agencies, and every week they say they are investigating, that's all.
It is worth mentioning that before the election, the former FBI Director James Comey, former Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Andrew McCabe and other Obama-era officials, the FBI or the Department of Justice took almost no action in conducting the investigations.
Earlier, the well-known barrister Sidney Powell revealed to the media that thousands of people were involved in fraud in this election. This kind of major crime is shocking. She also said that the Department of Justice, National Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, and FBI have not acted until now.
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