Donald Trump Continues Spreading Election Misinformation Even After Getting Federal and Georgia Indictments Over Them

Despite receiving federal and state indictments over his election misinformation, Donald Trump has since doubled down on them even if his claims have already been proven wrong in various recounts, investigations, and court cases.

While campaigning for another run at the presidency, Trump continued to repeat claims that the election was stolen, with supporters echoing his sentiment that Trump won. However, many of his claims, from voter fraud in swing states to widespread voter fraud have been debunked repeatedly, and this happened in court.

Trump spent a significant amount of money on election recounts and reviews after the 2020 election. This includes a six-month review of ballots in Arizona's Maricopa County, which was commissioned by Republican state legislators who supported Trump. However, this extensive review only solidified Biden's win as it found 306 more votes for the Democrat.

Over in Georgia where Trump was indicted, state officials recertified Biden's win after three recounts. The state's Republican governor and secretary of state also admitted to being asked by Trump to help overturn the 2020 election results in the state.

A Republican-led committee in Michigan also concluded that there was no widespread or systematic fraud in the state in 2020. Trump and his allies repeatedly spouted unfounded voter fraud claims in the state's urban areas.

The Associated Press investigated the former president's claims and found minimal voter fraud in swing states, as the outlet stated that its journalists found "fewer than 475 instances of confirmed voter fraud across six battleground states."

The Trump administration itself has been saying that there was no widespread voter fraud in 2020, with the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issuing a statement shortly after the election and stating, "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history."

Trump's own Attorney General William Barr also admitted that a Justice Department investigation was not able to find any evidence that there was massive voter fraud. Barr even directed US attorneys and FBI agents to investigate Trump's claims but found nothing.

Despite Being Proven Wrong, Donald Trump Supporters Still Think He Won

During his political rally in Iowa back in 2021, Trump kicked off his presidential run by repeating his debunked election claims and this was made worse when some of the state's top Republicans were right by his side cheering him on.

According to PBS News, Trump once again claimed that the Democrats rigged the elections and presented no evidence to back up those claims. While out on the campaign, Trump has since been repeating those claims.

Donald Trump's Election Misinformation Spreading Through Social Media

The spread of Trump's unfounded claims has been made worse thanks to social media, with Politico pointing out that the two biggest platforms, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) have struggled to contain these false or misleading statements by the former president.

While social media platforms have been policing content more carefully over the last few years, other smaller social media platforms that cater to conservatives like Gab, Gettr Parler, and even Trump's Truth Social, have been eager to spread the ex-POTUS' debunked message.

Claire Wardle, co-director of the Information Futures Lab at Brown University has stated that Trump remains a "critical figure in terms of pushing narratives that undermine election integrity" and added that while the big social media platforms have been able to remove him and stop him from spreading misinformation on their own platforms, they have not stopped his supporters from re-sharing content from these fringe platforms like Truth Social.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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