Donald Trump's 'massive cheating' claim slammed by Philadelphia voting officials

Republican campaigner Donald Trump has repeatedly made claims of predetermination fraud since helium archetypal ran for the US presidency successful 2016 and helium has refused to concede that helium mislaid the 2020 contention for the White House

Voting officials successful Philadelphia person blasted Donald Trump's claims determination was "massive cheating" successful the city, claiming determination was "no truth" to the statement.

The erstwhile president made the sensational assertion questioning the integrity of the ballot successful the Pennsylvania city, which successful crook prompted officials to propulsion backmost hard against his accusations of cheating. In a station shared connected his societal media level Truth Social, Trump said: "A batch of speech astir monolithic cheating successful Philadelphia. Law enforcement coming."

Despite claiming determination was "massive cheating," Trump did not supply immoderate grounds to enactment his claim. Philadelphia's District Attorney pushed backmost hard against Trump's claim successful a station shared to X/Twitter.

He said: "My effect to Trump's unfounded allegation of cheating successful Philly general election: The lone speech astir monolithic cheating has travel from 1 of the candidates, Donald J. Trump. There is nary factual ground whatsoever wrong instrumentality enforcement to enactment this chaotic allegation.

"We person invited complains and allegations of improprieties each day. If Donald J. Trump has immoderate facts to enactment his chaotic allegations, we privation them now. Right now. We are not holding our breath."

Republican City Commissioner successful Philadelphia Seth Bluestein besides pushed backmost against the erstwhile president's comments. Posting to X/Twitter helium said: "There is perfectly nary information to this allegation. It is yet different illustration of disinformation. Voting successful Philadelphia has been harmless and secure."

The Philadelphia Police Department told CNN it was not alert of immoderate issues with voting. Pennsylvania is a cardinal plaything state that could apt unafraid the presidency for either the Republicans oregon Democrats.

Trump has repeatedly made claims of predetermination fraud passim the 2024 run and antecedently accused the Democrats of rigging elections successful 2016 and 2020. The erstwhile president has inactive not conceded the 2020 predetermination and repeated baseless claims that the predetermination was stolen.

What followed successful the months aft the predetermination was weeks of conspiracy theories and chaotic predetermination fraud claims. The certification of the votes was slated to instrumentality spot successful Congress connected January 6, 2021.

Instead, Trump supporters stormed the Capitol gathering that led to the decease of 1 idiosyncratic wrong the building. Three much would aboriginal dice owed to injuries and 2 much committing suicide.

The riot astatine the Capitol was triggered aft Trump asked Georgia's Attorney General to find much than 11,000 votes to overturn the predetermination effect successful the state. Trump was indicted implicit the telephone - though the erstwhile president pleaded not guilty.

Polls person been neck-and-neck passim this predetermination rhythm aft Kamala Harris became the Democrat party's nominee.