'A bunch of garbage': Trump insiders want nothing to do with his new election fraud claim

A decision by Donald Trump and some of his close aides to push an election fraud report larded with falsehoods, sketchy numbers and debunked claims has divided members of his inner circle with one aide furiously lamenting why they chose to release it

According to a report from the Washington Post, the much-derided report was put together by campaign staffer Liz Harrington who was described as a "polarizing figure in Trump’s orbit but is liked by Trump."

The disputed report was promoted by the former president on Tuesday which, in turn, led other members of his 2024 presidential campaign to "distance themselves" from it.

According to the Post, "A campaign spokesperson declined to comment and another campaign aide referred questions to the legal team," adding the aide, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed: "This was not posted to the campaign’s website and we’re not lawyers."

Calling the latest episode "another illustration of the unusual and at times strained dynamic between Trump’s legal entanglements and his campaign," the Post reports that, "Although Trump has benefited from a more disciplined political operation, he has at times strayed away from recommendations from legal and political advisers — and they have limited ability to control some of his impulses, such as continuing to push false claims of a stolen election. His decision to publicize the report, which he described as 'fully verified' and 'compiled by the most highly qualified Election Experts in the Country,' caught some of his own advisers off guard."

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One of his advisers lashed out by complaining, "It’s a bunch of garbage. I don’t know why they thought now was the time to release it. It’s nonsense.”

Justin Grimmer, a public policy professor at Stanford University, agreed that the report contained "nonsense," by explaining, "When you look at these fraud claims, these sorts of bullet point claims … it’s unclear what evidence is being used, how terms are being defined, what files are they looking at,. And then inevitably you can go back through and you find what they did and they just screwed it up. They just have no idea what they’re doing.”

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