Overview

• Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity that Putin said no country uses mail-in voting because it cannot produce honest elections
• He pressed Republicans to advance new restrictions on mail-in and absentee ballots following the summit
• There is no independent confirmation from Putin and his 2024 re-election drew allegations of rigging from observers
• Independent analysts find large-scale mail-in voting fraud to be rare and Trump has cast mail ballots in past elections
• Critics say relying on Putin’s disputed statements undermines credibility given documented Russian election interference efforts