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Alarm grows over Trump and Musk’s blizzard of baseless voter-fraud claims

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Donald Trump and top allies have created a blizzard of false voting misinformation portraying Democrats as bent on stealing the election, say experts and ex-federal prosecutors.

The social media platform X, owned by Musk , has become a leading purveyor of falsehoods and conspiracies to his 200 million followers, say critics.

Trump has flatly and without evidence declared that Democrats are a “bunch of cheats”. Similarly, Trump has baselessly charged that Kamala Harris could only win “if it was a corrupt election”.

Michael Bromwich : Trump 's efforts to undermine confidence in our election system is one of the most dangerous things he has accomplished in his sustained assault on democracy.

Bromwich’s fears underscored by how election officials in key swing states have been inundated with false claims of suspect voting or Democratic fraud.

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