“And if foreign countries want to, this is an easy system to break into because they'll do counterfeit ballots. They'll do counterfeit ballots by the millions.”
What FactCheck.org found
U.S. intelligence officials in a background briefing with reporters said they have not seen any foreign attempts to counterfeit mail-in ballots.
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In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 23 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-discussion-state-…
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