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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania count last Friday: No evidence of fraud
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The US Republicans are desperately seeking evidence to support President Donald Trump's allegation that there was massive fraud in the lost election.
So far there is no evidence of this.
Now the Republicans are apparently also losing a key witness with whose testimony they wanted to support their allegations.
As reported in the US media, a Post employee in the state of Pennsylvania has withdrawn his serious allegations of alleged election fraud.
The employee Richard Hopkins said to investigators of the US Post, there had been no manipulation of postal ballot papers.
In its report, the Washington Post relied on three people familiar with the investigation and a statement from the relevant committee in the US House of Representatives.
The "New York Times" also reported on the results of the survey.
Hopkins has therefore confirmed his new statement with his signature.
The postal worker from Erie, Pennsylvania alleged that a manager had tampered with postal ballot papers by backdated them.
So these should supposedly be validated.
Prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, took up the allegations and thus justified his call for an investigation.
In the meantime, Attorney General William Barr has allowed prosecutors to investigate - albeit with the restriction that only substantiated allegations should be taken up.
The post office employee had initially even confirmed his claims with an affidavit.
According to the Democrats in the House of Representatives, they were published by the right-wing platform "Project Veritas".
It is known for spreading false or misleading information.
Republicans deemed the allegations credible, but no evidence was presented.
According to the Washington Post report: employee posts contradicting video
In another twist, Hopkins posted a video on YouTube on Tuesday evening contradicting the Washington Post report.
He did not withdraw his statements.
However, he did not respond to inquiries from the newspaper.
The allegations had quickly become part of efforts by Trump and his supporters to legally challenge the election defeat.
They relate to allegations of fraud and are suing the count in several states, but have provided no evidence.
The main issue is the large number of postal votes, which in many places were still counted after election day.
Many of the claims have already been refuted.
The "New York Times" made the effort to inquire in all US states - and received no information about irregularities.
The elected president has yet to acknowledge Joe Biden's victory and is making the transition as difficult as possible for the Democrat.
Other leading Republicans also refuse to admit defeat, such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
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