Overview
- In a Sunday Truth Social post, President Trump urged the Justice Department to investigate the 2020 election with "gusto," calling it the "biggest scandal in American history" and linking his demand to the NBA gambling cases.
- He called for prohibiting mail-in ballots and all early voting and for requiring voter ID, despite lacking authority to unilaterally impose those changes on state-run elections.
- Trump alleged California's Proposition 50 process is "totally dishonest," claiming without evidence that "millions of ballots" are being shipped as voting continues.
- The Justice Department says it will deploy election monitors to multiple California counties to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.
- News outlets note his 2020 fraud claims have been repeatedly refuted by courts and officials, and the White House directed questions about his intentions to his posted statement.