A analysis firm contracted by former US President Donald Trump’s staff, to show his claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, has failed to seek out proof to again up the speculation, the Washington Publish reported Saturday, citing sources. Because of this, the paper claimed, the findings weren’t made public or offered in courtroom.

In response to 4 “individuals acquainted with the matter,” the Trump marketing campaign employed Berkeley Analysis Group to look into 2020 election ends in six states. The agency examined quite a few components that would vindicate the ex-president’s allegations that the election had been “stolen” from him.

“They checked out every part: change of addresses, unlawful immigrants, poll harvesting, individuals voting twice… voter turnout anomalies, date of delivery anomalies, whether or not lifeless individuals voted,” one supply mentioned.

The outcomes, nonetheless, turned out to be disappointing for the Trump marketing campaign, sources claimed. Whereas the agency is believed to have discovered some voting irregularities in addition to indicators that in some situations legal guidelines could have been skirted, these anomalies apparently weren’t sufficient to solid doubt on whether or not Joe Biden had, certainly, gained the 2020 election.

“There are all the time errors, omissions and irregularities. It was nowhere shut sufficient to what they needed to show, and it really went in each instructions,” a WaPo supply defined.

Because of this, not one of the investigation’s findings had been both launched to the general public or in courtroom, the report claims. Berkeley’s analysis passed off in late 2020 earlier than Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 to cease the ultimate ratification of the presidential election outcomes that was happening there.

Within the run-up to and after the November 2020 election, Trump repeatedly pointed to alleged election fraud, whereas additionally attacking mail-in voting and claiming that some voting machines had been rigged. His staff has filed quite a few lawsuits in an try to overturn the election outcomes, a lot of them getting dismissed, together with by the US Supreme Court docket.

In November 2022, Trump formally introduced that he would search reelection in 2024, whereas vowing to “get rid of dishonest” by pushing for brand spanking new voter identification requirements and demanding that solely paper ballots have to be counted.