Endless Election Fraud Claims
2012
2012-10-18 Trump called the 2012 vote a “total sham”.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/politics/donald-trump-rigged-vote-twitter-2012
2016
2016-10-16 Trump planted seeds on social media that the 2016 vote was “rigged” and made unfounded claims of voter fraud.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/15/politics/donald-trump-rigged-election-hillary-clinton
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37673797
2016-11-27 Trump asserted on social media that millions of people were voting illegally. Then he posted a second tweet making unfounded claims of voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire, and California.
2017
2017-05-11 Trump signed executive order “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity”. Trump tweeted out in July, calling the board of this executive order his “VOTER FRAUD PANEL”.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/background-trumps-voter-fraud-commission
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/meet-members-trumps-voter-fraud-commission
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/presidential-advisory-commission-election-integrity/
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/881137079958241280
2018
2018-11-05 Just before the midterms, Trump planted more seeds of doubt on social media, “Law Enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING which may take place in Tuesday’s Election (or Early Voting). Anyone caught will be subject to the Maximum Criminal Penalties allowed by law”.
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1059470847751131138
2020 May
2020-05-26 Trump made accusations on a Twitter post of alleged 2020 election interference. Josh Hawley reposted the tweet and added that Twitter was getting subsidized by the federal government for that interference in the form of “special immunity”.
2020 August
2020-08-17 Trump continued to lean into allegations of voter fraud, stating publicly that “the only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged”.
2020 November
2020-11-07 As news outlets reported a Biden victory, Trump tweeted out “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” and stated, “this election is far from over”.
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325099845045071873?lang=en
2020-11-07 Trump made threats to prosecute over the Biden victory.
2020 December
2020-12-01 Online resources state that Jeanine Pirro contributed to voting system misinformation during the 2020 elections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network
2020 “Get Moving, Republicans”
2020-12-15 After the Electoral College officially selected Biden as the next president, Trump posted on social media, “This Fake election can no longer stand. Get moving Republicans”.
2021 January
2021-01-02 (context) Just prior to the J6 insurrection, Ted Cruz and a group of Republican senators publicly announced their intention to vote against accepting the electoral college results.
https://abc7.com/post/ted-cruz-electoral-college-congress-certification-mike-pence/9289536/
2021 February
2021-02-22 Dominion filed a suit against My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell for libel.
2021 March
2021-03-01 Dominion Voting Systems filed a suit against the Fox News Channel and Fox Corporation for broadcasting false statements about their voting machines being rigged. Fox argued it was reporting “pure opinion”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network
2021 June
2021-06-21 Following false claims of voter fraud in 2020, multiple states enacted bills to make it harder to vote.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/politics/voting-rights-senate-republicans-trump-biden
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/19-states-enacted-voting-restrictions-2021-rcna8342
2021-06-24 An OAN host perpetuated election fraud claims on a broadcast and suggested that “traitors” who “stole” the election should be executed.
2022
2022-04-22 Kari Lake and Mark Finchem demanded that Arizona stop using accessible voting and electronic ballot tabulation machines for the 2022 midterms. They requested Arizona instead count ballots by hand. In October 2022, Kari Lake told reporters “I’m going to be your worstfrickennightmare”.
https://statesunited.org/resources/lake-v-hobbs/
2022-05-01 Online resources say that Larry Ellison participated in a conference call after the 2020 election focusing on strategies for challenging the legitimacy of the vote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison
2022-12-03 Trump continued to post false claims that the 2020 election results were a massive fraud and allowed termination of Constitution rules.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63851751
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-claims-grounds-termination-us-constitution-twitter/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/03/politics/trump-constitution-truth-social
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109449803240069864
2023
2023-09-17 During an interview with NBC, Trump continued to assert that the 2020 election was rigged.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/17/politics/trump-election-results-decision
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/17/trump-2020-election-rigged-00116428
2024
2024-09-05 During a campaign rally in Phoenix Arizona, JD Vance said, “…There is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do. It’s disgusting, but there’s a logic to it. They want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s job, and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s vote.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2024-10-11 During an interview with the New York Times, JD Vance refused to answer questions about Trump losing the 2020 election.
2024-11-05 During an interview on Fox News Lara Trump stated they had to get their lawyers involved to get access to polling sites.
2024-11-05 Trump posted on social media, “A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!”.
2024-11-14 The day of the election and hours before polls closed Trump claimed election fraud in Pennsylvania.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/29/politics/trump-voter-fraud-claims-pennsylvania
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-victory-online-claims-election-fraud-quieted/
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/vote/elections/fact-checking-pa-related-election-claims
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54794198
2024-12-17 Trump filed a lawsuit against Des Moines Register Poll, alleging interference.
2025
2025-11-04 Trump made numerous random posts on Truth Social, specifically about voting. He touted a swampthevoteusa.com website, called to terminate the filibuster and mail in ballots, celebrated his ratings on an episode of 60 Minutes, made baseless claims about the Republican loss, and on and on.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115493792769655959
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115495081097004172
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115494928414626214
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115494873923565600
2026
2026-03-31 Trump signed an Executive Order to force a federal voter list. It instructs DHS to gather a list of voters in each state and have the USPS transmit ballots ONLY to persons enrolled in the list. It forces nationalizing voting, puts the postal service in the role of an election enforcement agency, creates a huge financial strain, challenges the Constitution, complicates mail-in ballots and forces the case to eliminate mail-in ballots (a third of US voters use mail-in ballots). It’s just another GOP attempt to suppress and interfere with votes. There has been no proof of voter fraud. The GOP simply wants to tamper with results because they can’t win a fair election and they have no integrity.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5508948/trump-voter-list-mail-ballots-executive-order
https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/01/trump-signs-executive-order-in-hope-of-tightening-mail-in-voting/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/trump-order-election-voting-explainer
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-mail-in-ballots-voting-executive-order.html