Trump Demands Special Prosecutor to Investigate 2020 Election Claims He Lost in Court
- The New York Editorial Desk - Arif
- Jun 20
- 2 min read
Tone & Political Bias: Weakly Right-Leaning
Why: Focuses heavily on Trump’s narrative and quotes his unverified claims, while including context from prior legal rejections and administration pushback.
Trump Demands Action
President Donald Trump has renewed calls for a special prosecutor to investigate his ongoing claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent—claims that have been widely discredited by courts, independent experts, and members of his own administration.
“Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD! The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING. A Special Prosecutor must be appointed,” Trump wrote on social media on June 20.
Despite these claims, no evidence has been found to support widespread fraud in the election, and Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the results have failed.
Legal Challenges Rejected
Following the 2020 election, Trump and his allies filed 64 lawsuits across six battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—challenging the election results. All but one case failed in court.
In 2022, a group of eight conservative legal experts reviewed all 64 cases in a report titled “Lost, Not Stolen.” Their findings concluded that Trump’s legal team did not present credible evidence of election fraud that could have altered the outcome.
Former Attorney General William Barr, appointed by Trump, stated in December 2020 that the Department of Justice had “not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election.”
Capitol Riot and Legal Fallout
Trump’s continued insistence that the election was stolen fueled pressure on Congress to block certification of the results. That pressure campaign reached a peak on January 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The violence left multiple people dead and delayed the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
In the aftermath, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted by the Senate. He was later indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith on charges related to efforts to overturn the election. However, after Trump’s return to office, Smith requested to dismiss the January 6 charges—a request that was approved by a judge.
Pardons and Political Messaging
On his first day back in office, Trump issued pardons to nearly 1,600 individuals charged with crimes related to the January 6 attack.
While Trump continues to promote the idea that the 2020 election was stolen, those claims have not been substantiated in court or through any official investigations. His renewed demand for a special prosecutor reflects a broader attempt to reframe the 2020 narrative ahead of the 2024 election cycle, where election integrity and the events of January 6 remain key issues.
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