Trump Revives Election Tampering Claims Following Subpoena Success Jan. 6

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Donald Trump has pushed back on false claims about the 2020 election being rigged after he was recused from testifying before the Jan. 6 House Select Committee.

In a post on Truth Social, the former president asked what the “consequences” should be for the FBI while advancing the disputed claim that the federal agency worked with Twitter and paid the social media company money to suppress a story about Hunter Biden’s laptop and others. information from the public.

The allegation was made in the latest so-called “Twitter Files” shared by writer Michael Shellenberger. The claim, also pushed by Twitter owner Elon Musk, has been accused of being misleading and unsubstantiated.

“So, if the FBI illegally withheld all the really bad information on the Biden family (laptop!) to a degree never seen before, (‘this is Russian disinformation,’ they said), while at the same time not allowing the many. The positive things that ‘Trump’ has done come out publicly, but instead bring out ‘bad things,’ that is the very definition of Government RIGGING in an Election,” Trump wrote.

Above, former President Donald Trump speaks at an election night event at Mar-a-Lago on November 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump celebrated at the Truth Social after news broke that the Jan. 6 committee would withdraw its subpoena. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

“Pollsters have shown that this Scam made a difference of Millions of votes. What are the Odds?”

This is the second time Trump has attacked the FBI and spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election on social media in a matter of hours.

In his previous post, Trump made unsubstantiated claims that the FBI helped the 2020 election while responding to news that the January 6 House Select Committee would withdraw the subpoena they issued against him before the panel closed before the new term. of congress on January 3.

“Just advised that the Unselect Committee of political Thugs has revoked the Subpoena on me regarding the January 6th Protest of the CROOKED 2020 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Maybe they did that because they knew I did nothing wrong, or they were about to lose in Court. Maybe the FBI’s involvement in RIGGING the Election played into their decision. In any case, the Subpoena is DEAD!”

Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the panel investigating the Capitol riot, confirmed in a letter that it is withdrawing its subpoena and will no longer seek Trump’s testimony or request documents because it has concluded its investigation into the insurrection. The committee will close on January 3, regardless.

The committee made a criminal referral to the Department of Justice recommending that they charge Trump with four crimes, including conspiracy to defraud the government, and inciting or aiding an insurrection.

An 845-page report from the panel accused Trump of being the leader of a “multi-part conspiracy” to subvert the results of the 2020 election and the “central cause” of the Jan. 6 riots.

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