Trump doubles-down on claims 2020 election was rigged

MAR-A-LAGO, Florida – U.S. presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump has warned election officials and lawyers they will face long term prison sentences if they ‘cheat’ the system in determining the outcome of the November 2024 presidential election.

Mr Trump repeated his claims that the outcome of the 2020 election was rigged, describing it as a “disgrace to our nation.”

He claimed “rampant cheating and skulduggery,” took place, and vowed that the upcoming election process will be “under the closest professional scrutiny,” and anyone who “cheated,” will be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

The former president’s warning and threat was posted to X, a platform he has not used for some years due to his contractual requirement to use his own social media platform ‘Truth Social.’ The post was also published on Truth Social.

“CEASE & DESIST: I, together with many Attorneys and Legal Scholars, am watching the Sanctity of the 2024 Presidential Election very closely because I know, better than most, the rampant Cheating and Skullduggery that has taken place by the Democrats in the 2020 Presidential Election,” the X and Truth Social posts published on Saturday said.

“It was a Disgrace to our Nation! Therefore, the 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again.”

“We cannot let our Country further devolve into a Third World Nation, AND WE WON’T! Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country,” the X and Truth Social posts said.