President Trump,with Vice President Pence, shakes hands with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on Jan. 26 prior to speaking at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP)In a private meeting with congressional Republicans this week, Vice President Pence vowed that the Trump administration would pursue a wide-ranging probe of voting rolls in the United States to examine whether millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election as President Trump has charged. In the recording, Pence invoked a Pew Research study that Trump has falsely claimed shows widespread voter fraud. “Just because so many Americans share the concern that you have, I have, the president certainly has about people being registered in multiple states,” Pence added. I’m going to be on the road in your states and your districts,” Pence said.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 16:51 UTC