PRESIDENT TRUMP’S preposterous claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election started when he was a candidate. Declaring the election “rigged,” he went so far as to hint he might not accept the outcome if he lost. Winning the election and moving into the White House have not slowed his bogus claims of millions of people voting illegally. Clearly Mr. Trump is rankled that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton, but more than his pride is at stake. Indeed, that was the assessment of Mr. Trump’s lawyers last year as they worked to stop recount efforts by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 23:58 UTC