2020 US election: Donald Trump alleges fraud - Attorney General jumps to his side

Donald Trump still wants to challenge the result of the 2020 US election.

Now Attorney General William Barr is also intervening in the matter.

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Washington -

was once again in a Twitter frenzy.

A few days after the

, the US president let his anger run free in the short message service.

The reason was the result of the

, which was announced on Saturday (November 7th, 2020) by all TV channels and the AP news agency.

From Trump's point of view, the

fact that

elected the new President of the

cannot be right.

2020 US election: Donald Trump reiterates allegations of fraud in Georgia and Nevada

"

turns out to be a cesspool of false voices," wrote

and announced "absolutely shocking" revelations.

Twitter immediately provided the president's message with a warning.

The 74-year-old also wrote that he

would win

the state of

- "just like on election night".

But November 3rd is long gone, after the postal votes were counted,

the lead.

Joe Biden currently has a lead of 12,337 votes on Donald Trump (as of November 10, 2020, 12:00 p.m.).

Those responsible in

refer Trump's allegations to the realm of fable.

The Deputy Governor of Georgia said on television station CNN that he had not become aware of any significant cases of election fraud.

Geoff Duncan is a

.

Given the tight result, a

very likely.

Nevada is turning out to be a pool of fake votes.

@mschlapp & @AdamLaxalt are finding things that, when released, will be absolutely shocking!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020

US election 2020: Attorney General William Barr jumps aside Donald Trump

Nevertheless,

continues to

deny

his defeat and continues to resort to new lawsuits in order to overturn the result of the vote.

jumped

 to the side.

The attorney general, who has long been regarded as a kind of cleaner for Donald Trump, authorized the prosecutors subordinate to him to investigate possible irregularities in the

.

Such proceedings are likely to be included if there are "clear and apparently credible allegations of irregularities" that could have influenced the election result in a state, according to Barr's letter to prosecutors.

At the same time,

emphasized 

that this authorization does not mean that his house currently has evidence of possible election fraud.

2020 US election: Willam Barr

Investigating possible pollutants in elections is usually the responsibility of the state authorities. 

 now argued that it was never a "fixed rule".

The minister wrote that the federal prosecutors should investigate “serious accusations” “with great care”, while “flimsy, speculative, absurd or far-fetched” accusations should not give them any reason to investigate.

Following the publication of the letter, Richard Pilger resigned from his post as head of the Department of Justice Department responsible for prosecuting violations of voting rights.

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Donald Trump does not want to admit his defeat in the 2020 US election.

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2020 US election: Mitch McConnell speaks of "preliminary results"

The powerful Republican parliamentary group leader in the Senate also spoke up.

spoke only of "preliminary results" of the election and defended the legal action against the election result: "President Trump has 100 percent the right to investigate allegations of irregularities and to examine his legal options." Should there be irregularities of any magnitude that affects the outcome of the election everyone should want this to come to light, McConnell said.

“A few” legal steps by the president would not mean “the end of the republic”.

Unlike the president, McConnell did not speak of “fraud” in the election.

Nevertheless, it was clear that

not initially have to fear any pressure from his allies in Congress.

Meanwhile,

Trump's spokeswoman

implied the Democrats in a press conference that they would approve of fraud.

The TV broadcaster

, which has been on the side of the President in recent years, then switched it off * because the allegations were not proven.

So far, only four Republican senators have congratulated

on the election victory:

.

They were previously known as deviants - and could play an important role for Biden as president if the Republicans were to keep control of the Senate.

(cs with dpa / afp)

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