Election-infrastructure officials and the courts reject the claims; disputes continue.
2020 election & Stop the Steal narratives
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees. (2020). Statement of 12 November 2020 by the federal, state and industry bodies responsible for election infrastructure, describing the 3 November election as the most secure in American history and stating there is no evidence of deleted, lost or altered votes.
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Statement from CISA Director Krebs on Security and Resilience of 2020 Elections. (2020). Released 20 October 2020, two weeks before the election. CISA Director Christopher Krebs states that 'no foreign cyber actor can change your vote', announces the agency's rumor-control page, and warns voters to 'be prepared for efforts that call into question the legitimacy of the election'. Cited for the agency's pre-election position; the post-election rejection of the fraud claims rests on the 12 November joint statement above, not on this. A superseded note added that 'Krebs was dismissed from the post shortly afterward' — true, but carried by none of this entry's sources, and cut rather than left unsourced.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, No. 20-3371. (2020). Non-precedential opinion of 27 November 2020. Records that the campaign's own counsel told the district court the case did not plead fraud, and that the panel found no specific allegations or proof of unfairness.
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Supreme Court of the United States. Texas v. Pennsylvania, No. 22O155 (Order List: 592 U.S.). (2020). Order of 11 December 2020 denying Texas leave to file a bill of complaint against four states for lack of Article III standing, with a separate statement by Justice Alito joined by Justice Thomas.
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November 3, 2020
2020 election & Stop the Steal narratives
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