US election official denied Trump’s fraud allegations

Officials on the US federal election committee have called the 2020 White House vote “the safest in US history,” dismissing President Donald Trump’s allegations of fraud.

“There is no evidence that any voting system has eliminated, lost votes, altered votes or has been compromised in any way,” the committee announced.

The committee spoke after Trump unfoundedly claimed that 2.7 million votes in his favor were “knocked out” in last week’s election.

So far, Trump has yet to admit the expected Democratic winner Joe Biden.

A Department of Homeland Security unit tasked with ensuring the security of America’s voting systems during the November 3 presidential election issued a joint statement Thursday.

The Committee of the Network Infrastructure and Security Agency (Cisa) said: “While we know that there are many unsubstantiated claims, as well as the possibility of disclosing misinformation about the electoral process, I can assure you that we have full confidence in the confidentiality and integrity choice and you should too. “

“When you have questions, turn to election officials who have a trusted voice because they run the elections.”

According to Reuters, Cisa’s boss, Christopher Krebs, said he was expected to be fired by the Trump administration.

Mr. Krebs is reported to have offended the White House over the case of a Cisa website called Rumor Control, which exposes false information about elections.

On Thursday, Krebs shared a post by an election law expert that said: “Please do not retweet wild and unfounded statements about the voting machine, even if it is from the president. Outside.”

Cisa’s assistant manager Bryan Ware resigned Thursday. According to Reuters, the White House asked him to resign earlier this week.

Hours before the announcement was made, Trump tweeted that voting software used in 28 states removed millions of votes for him, but he did not provide proof of this shocking claim, yes. appears to have originated from a little-known television network called One America News.

This statement involved a vote misstatement in a Michigan county that was initially in favor of Biden, but was later revised in favor of President Trump on November 6. State election officials acknowledged this and said it was human error, not software malfunction.

A small but growing number of Republicans back the call for President-elect Joe Biden to have access to daily intelligence reports.

Lindsey Graham, Trump’s key ally, is among those who say that Biden should receive a confidential report for the president, which is common practice for the next president.

But most bicameral Republicans sided with Trump and refused to acknowledge Biden’s victory.

The results were announced by the US media over the weekend, but vote counting continued in some states.

On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the Democratic Party said the “ridiculous circus” of the crown pandemic was being neglected, and she and other top Democrats called members of the Republic party “agreed. the truth”.

Ten to 20 Republicans in Congress have either congratulated Biden or accepted the transfer of power measure. But most have yet to acknowledge the president-elect’s victory.

Democratic Senator Chris Coons told CNN that some Republicans asked him to congratulate Biden on their behalf because they felt it was impossible to do so publicly.

Senator Graham was one of those who said that Biden should receive confidential presidential documents every day. Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn and John Thune also agreed, although House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Biden “is not the president now” and that he should still wait.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said they “deliberately raised suspicions about our election out of nothing but fear of Donald Trump.”

Reporters in parliament say lawmakers don’t want to anger Trump supporters either, as he won more popular votes than any incumbent president, even though he won. predicts losing.

Key party figures are said to be hugs and hope Trump will help campaign in the last two Senate elections next January in Georgia. This election will decide whether Republicans will continue to retain control of the upper house.

Biden has 5.2 million more votes than Trump, about 3.4%, and he has the necessary number of electoral votes in each state’s Electoral College to assume the presidency.

President Trump has been a secret since the election.

There are reports that Trump has told friends that he wants to start a digital media company to take over the conservative Fox News, which now has his full support, which now finds him in short supply.

According to CBS News, the BBC’s partner in the US, Trump is also openly discussing a possible campaign in 2024 for re-election as president.

On Thursday, Mr. Biden spoke with Pope Francis, who sent him “blessings and congratulations.” Mr. Biden will be the second Catholic president of the United States.

He also spoke with the Democratic leader in Congress about the need for a stimulus package for the corona virus, as the daily number of infections rose to a new record with more than 150,000 cases.

He spent the day arguing with his transition team in Wilmington, Delaware, where he planned cabinet meetings.

On Wednesday, he selected veteran Democratic agent Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff.