“An ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona “showed Trump ahead by 250,000” votes, and “nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all for Biden.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 5 May 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Republicans in Arizona’s Senate ordered an audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, which is ongoing. No preliminary findings have been released. There's no proof for the colossal numbers claimed.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 May 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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