United States: the stolen election according to the Trump camp

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Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol on Saturday, November 7, 2020, in Harrisburg, after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become the 46th President of the United States.

AP Photo / Julio Cortez

By: Mikaël Ponge

22 min

The Minister of Justice of the United States gave the green light yesterday to the opening of investigations into the supposed frauds which would have tainted the presidential election of November 3.

An approach supported by the electors of the outgoing president as noted by Christophe Paget, our special envoy to Pennsylvania, this state which turned the race upside down by bringing 20 voters to Joe Biden.

In the rural counties of this state, Donald Trump received, as in 2016, between 80 and 85% of the vote, and in the city of McConnellsburg the victory of Joe Biden is far from being accepted.

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