Fraud Claims Lay Groundwork for New Voting Restrictions

“Even before the final votes in the 2020 election were tallied, President Donald Trump sent his attorneys to court alleging voter fraud,” NBC News reports.

“When it became clear that he had lost to President-elect Joe Biden, his claims — and his campaign’s court filings — accelerated. Trump attacked cities with large shares of Black voters, who had come out in force for Biden, while his lawyers baselessly alleged a global conspiracy and filed dozens of suits in six states.”

“The legal strategy failed in court after court — not a single incident of voter fraud has been proven in the lawsuits — but experts warn the narrative is laying the groundwork for disenfranchisement of voters across the country.”