Federal Elections Commissioner Ellen Weintraub released a statement Friday calling on President Donald Trump to provide any information he might have about voter fraud in New Hampshire after reports that he told senators he believes that illegal voting cost him the state and cost former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) her seat.
Weintraub notes that if voting fraud occurred in New Hampshire at such a scale as Trump reportedly alleged in the meeting, the result would be “thousands of
felony criminal offenses under New Hampshire law.”
The commissioner asked Trump to come forward with any information he has that would lead him to make claims of this nature.
“The President has issued an extraordinarily serious and specific charge,” she wrote. “Allegations of this magnitude cannot be ignored.”
I call upon @POTUS to immediately share NH voter-fraud evidence so that his allegations may be investigated promptly https://t.co/cyjUTMXptk pic.twitter.com/DAnsA1cB0n
— Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) February 10, 2017
Trump has not publicly commented on the state of the New Hampshire race, but has made baseless claims about widespread voter fraud nationally that he says cost him the popular vote in the 2016 election. He has not yet responded to the commissioner’s statement.
Uh oh. How’s Bannon gonna dig the fascists outta this one?
A welcome move, but don’t hold your breath.
You’ll get that evidence right around when Oh Donnie Dearest Leader releases his Trumped-up tax returns.
Somewhere around the 12th of Never.
Well Donald, your bluff has been called. It’s time to put up or shut up.
He’ll present some alternate facts and all will be well with the world.
Women will be the new Jews if they keep this up. Don’t say you weren’t warned. That means you, too, Elizabeth W.