He says the investigation is meant to distract from the 'disaster' of Democratic-led governance.
For much of the statement, Mr Trump raked over his unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud. A handful of such cases, representing a tiny number of ballots overall, have been prosecuted since the November 2020 election, but no concrete evidence has emerged of vote rigging on any scale that could have tipped the election in Mr Biden's favour.
He described a "team normal" of those who accepted the results of the election, and "Rudy's team", who followed the claims of election fraud peddled by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.Donald Trump addressing supporters in Washington DC hours before the 6 January 2021 riot Through a spokesman on Monday, Mr Giuliani denied that he was intoxicated on election night, adding that he did not know why Mr Miller would "make such a false claim".
"I thought, 'Boy if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with - he's become detached from reality, if he really believes this stuff,'" he said.
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