Icon: enlarge
Outgoing US President Donald Trump at a press conference at the White House (November 23)
Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP
In his first television interview since the US election, incumbent President Donald Trump reiterated his unproven claims about alleged election fraud.
The November 3rd vote was "a complete fraud," said Trump on Sunday in a telephone interview with Fox News.
In the almost hour-long conversation, Trump renewed his allegations that many dead people had voted and that the increase in postal votes resulted in "massive fraud".
At the same time, he expressed doubts about the legal strategy of his lawyers.
"The problem is, it's difficult to make it to the Supreme Court," Trump said.
Nevertheless, he will continue to challenge the result of the election won by Democratic President-elect Joe Biden: "My opinion on this will not change within six months."
When asked by the conservative Fox News presenter Maria Bartiromo whether there was still a way to victory for him despite the defeats in court, Trump said: "I hope so."
More defeats in court
Trump has so far provided no reliable evidence of the alleged election fraud he has been talking about for weeks.
US courts have thrown down numerous lawsuits aimed at challenging the election result and his Republican allies.
On Friday, a federal judge once nominated by Trump had dismissed an important lawsuit in the state of Pennsylvania as unfounded.
US authorities and state election officers have rated the vote as safe and successful.
There are no known cases of major fraud.
Icon: The mirror
rai / dpa / Reuters