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Claim that millions voted illegally in 2016
- Event date
- Category
- Documented falsehood campaigns and institutional attacks
- Posture:
- Documented public claim and fact-check
Trump claimed that three to five million people had voted illegally in 2016. No evidence substantiated illegal voting on that scale.
Evidence basis
independent-corroboration
Dated sources
- — FactCheck.org (Independent reporting)
- — PBS NewsHour (Independent reporting)
Correction status
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Canonical citation
Claim that millions voted illegally in 2016. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2017-01-23-illegal-vote-claim/
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