6 conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – debunked By Li Cohen Hindsight is 2020: An Unprecedented Election
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On the day Congress officially counted the electoral votes making Joe Biden the next president, chants of Stop the Steal echoed through the U.S. Capitol. The deadly assault followed months of President Trump s insistence that Mr. Biden s win could only be explained by rampant fraud, and he encouraged his supporters to demand a different result.
But none of the claims of widespread fraud or election theft hold up under scrutiny. Election officials around the country and the Trump administration s own attorney general and cybersecurity experts verified the election was the most secure in American history. All of the lawsuits claiming otherwise were rejected by state and federal courts.