Donald Trump is asking to be reinstated as president or to renew the 2020 election.
In a Saturday morning post on Truth Social, the twice-impeached former president falsely claimed that allegations of “massive and widespread fraud and deception” by Democrats and big tech companies undermined the results.
He asked: “Do you throw away the results of the 2020 presidential election and declare the FAIR WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION?”
Additionally, the one-term president and former reality TV host falsely claimed that the alleged fraud was of such magnitude that all laws, including the Constitution, could be thrown out.
“Massive fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the Constitution. Our great “founders” did not want and would not tolerate false and fraudulent elections! ” he wrote.
Mr Trump’s online rant began Friday night in response to a Fox News report that the FBI had met with Twitter and other social media companies ahead of the 2020 election to combat the spread of the virus. misinformation online.
The report relates to a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri that accuses senior government officials of working with big tech companies to censor online content “under the guise of combating misinformation.” “.
As the 2020 election approaches and online disinformation campaigns intensify, meetings between the FBI and social media companies have increased, and the bureau has issued a specific warning about a possible Russian “hack and dump” or “hack and leak”.
There were several reports at the time and Capitol Hill Testimony of FBI Director Christopher Wray regarding foreign attempts to influence the 2020 elections. It was said that Russian actors targeting Joe Biden’s campaign whereas China and Iran preferred that Mr. Trump not be re-elected, intelligence reports said in the months preceding the elections.
Late Friday, the former president accused the FBI, in conjunction with the Justice Department, of meeting with big tech companies to “goad them into saying bad things about ‘Trump’ and Republicans in order to RIG & STEAL.” the 2020 presidential election”.
“Now additional evidence, different but just as illegal and sinister as the many other forms of cheating used, is emerging from the crevices of this corrupting wound,” he wrote, somewhat viscerally.
Over five posts, he spoke out against law enforcement and the judiciary, accusing them of being “totally corrupt” and of “harassing, cajoling and intimidating Big Tech companies”, claiming that their actions do not were “no different in their meaning than STUFF THE BALLOT BOXES, only much more sophisticated and impactful”.
In a message, he wrote that nothing will be done about his claims “But they will continue to investigate the ‘boxes’ that have been lawfully and openly taken from the [White House]referring to the treasure trove of classified documents that were taken to his home in Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, at the end of his presidency.
The scandal-ridden former president continues to lash out at the FBI and the justice system as a myriad of legal issues swirl around him, his family, his businesses and his actions in his final months. in power.
