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Trump Suggests FBI and Justice Department Led By His Own Appointees May Be Involved With Rigging Election Against Him
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Trump Suggests FBI and Justice Department Led By His Own Appointees May Be Involved With Rigging Election Against Him
Donald Trump suggested that the FBI and Department of Justice, which are led by men he appointed, could be “involved” with allegedly rigging the election against him—despite presenting no evidence to support his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.
President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the election just over three weeks ago after Fox News, the Associated Press and other major networks called Pennsylvania and Nevada in his favor, pushing him over the 270 electoral-vote threshold to be the winner of the Electoral College. However, Trump has refused to concede, as he and his legal team keep pushing false claims of widespread fraud. They have not provided evidence to support these allegations and nearly all of the campaign’s legal challenges have failed in court.
Trump gave his first in-depth interview since the election to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday morning. During the interview he pushed a series of debunked and baseless allegations, claiming the election was “rigged.”
“This is total fraud,” Trump insisted in the interview with Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. “And how the FBI and Department of Justice—I don’t know—maybe they’re involved, but how people are allowed to get away from this stuff—it’s unbelievable.”
The FBI is led by director Christopher Wray, who Trump appointed in 2017. The Justice Department is led by Attorney General William Barr, who the president nominated in late 2018. Since he took over the Justice Department in early 2019, Barr has been strongly criticized by Democrats, and some Republicans, for acting more like the president’s personal lawyer than the top attorney representing the American people.
“Missing in action. Missing in action,” Trump said when Bartiromo asked if the FBI and Justice Department are investigation the claims of fraud. “Can’t tell you where they are. I ask, ‘Are you looking at it?’ Everyone says, ‘Yes,’ they’re looking at it.”
