SEVERAL court cases filed by Trump's lawyers failed to prove voter fraud in the 2020 ​presidential race.

#DNI #TulsiGabbard, who launched an investigation into the #VotingMachines & searched for evidence ⁠to support Trump's false election fraud claims, steps down on Friday. Stepping in as interim director is federal housing regulator #BillPulte. #Trump has said he wants Pulte to investigate “rigged elections” during his time at #ODNI.

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Some #WhiteHouse officials have argued the report could undermine voter confidence, particularly among #Republicans. Others have said they do not believe the report goes far enough in supporting Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, the sources said. Some #Democrats said privately they ​worried #TulsiGabbard’s probe into #VotingMachines would be used by the admin to push states to use paper ballots.

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The report, produced by the #ODNI [oh boy, that’s now #BillPulte], concludes that #VotingMachines could be further safeguarded by, for example, updating their software, the sources said. It does NOT say the vulnerabilities have led to votes flipping, but examines security gaps in how the machines are used during #US #elections.

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But #Trump torched that plan in his social media post early Wednesday morning, just hours before Clayton was scheduled to have a confirmation hearing before the #Senate #Intelligence Committee. He said he would delay the proceedings, all but guaranteeing that #BillPulte would take the job at the end of this week as the acting director of national intelligence [#DNI].

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#Senate leaders had sought to quickly confirm Clayton, hoping to clear the way for a bipartisan agreement to renew a #surveillance #law that expired last week. The bill to extend it collapsed amid the furor over #BillPulte, who has ZERO #NationalSecurity experience & drew withering criticism from both #Republicans & #Democrats. Some Democrats had indicated they might be willing to fast-track Clayton’s confirmation, eager to block Pulte from the post.

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Earlier Friday, First Assistant #USAttorney #BillEssayli — a #Trump appointee who leads the #LosAngeles based US Attorney’s office—claimed his office had “multiple election ‘fraud’ investigations underway” in a social media post that bashed California’s #election system.

The US attorneys office in #LA confirmed that one of its lawyers was sent to observe the ballot counting….

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