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President Trump threatens to withhold funds from Nevada due to voter fraud concerns

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President Trump threatens to withhold funds from Nevada due to voter fraud concerns
President Trump threatens to withhold funds from Nevada due to voter fraud concerns

President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday morning to withhold funds from the state of Nevada because of "illegal" voting.

Jeremy Chen reports.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THREATENINGTO CUT OFF FUNDS TO NEVADA IFTHE STATE GOES FORWARD WITH AMOSTLY-MAIL PRIMARY ELECTION..THE PRESIDENT BLIEVES IT WOULDCREATE VOTER FRAUD..13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMYCHEN IS LIVE WITH A CLOSER LOOKAT THE PRESIDENT'S CLAIMS..AND WHAT A LOCAL PROFESSOR ISSAYING..THE WORDS "VOTER FRAUD"CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN SOMETHINGWE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST FEWYEARS- BUT THE PROFESSOR ISPOKE WITH SAYSVOTER FRAUDIN THIS COUNTRYIS EXTREMELYRARE.PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BLASTINGNEVADA FOR HAVING A MAIL-INPRIMARY- THREATENING TOWITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING.HE ALLEGES IN HIS TWEET ITWOULD CREATE "A GREAT VOTERFRAUD SCENARIO"."I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT SWINGSTATE POLITICS TO SINGLE OUTSTATES AND THEN SAY YOU'LLWITHHOLD FEDERAL AID FROMTHEM." U-N-L-V PUBLIC POLICYPROFESSOR ROBERT LANG SAYSVOTER FRAUD IN THEU-S IS RARE.AN ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYJOURNALISM PROJECT DOCUMENTEDCASES OF ANY ALLEGED VOTERFRAUD FROM 2000-2012 AND FOUNDABOUT 2,000 CASES IN ALLELECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.WITH BILLIONS OF VOTES CASTDURING THAT TIME-THAT'S A PRECENTAGE OF LESSTHAN ONE AND ONE THOUSANDTH OFA PERCENT."IT'S LIKE A ROUNDING ERROR.IT'S RIDICULOUSLY SMALL.THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MOTIVATIONTO CHEAT BECAUSE FIRST OFF YOURREPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE,RELEASED A STATEMENT THROUGHHER OFFICE SAYING IN PART:"FOR OVER A CENTURY, NEVADANS,INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THEMILITARY, CITIZENS RESIDINGOUTSIDE THE STATE, VOTERS INDESIGNATED MAILING PRECINCTS,AND VOTERS REQUESTING ABSENTEEBALLOTS, HAVE BEEN VOTING BYPROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR SAFEAND SECURE MAIL-IN VOTING." ASTANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDY LASTMONTH ALSO FOUND THE EXPANSIONOF MAIL-IN BALLOTS LED TO ASMALL AND EQUAL BUMP IN VOTESOF MAIL-IN BALLOTS LED TO ASMALL AND EQUAL BUMP IN VOTESFOR REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS-NECESSARY IN THE MIDST OF THECOVID- 19 PANEDMIC- AND SAYSIT'S A WAY TO GET THE MOSTPEOPLE TO VOTE."THAT'S POSITIVE FOR DEMOCRACY,THAT'S DEMOCRATIC.THAT'S NOT REPUBLICAN ORDEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICS."AND WE ARE ALSO HEARINGTONIGHT..FROM NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERALAARONFORD...FORD DIRECTING HIS COMMENTSTOWARDSFROM NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERALAARON FORD...FORD DIRECTING HIS COMMENTSTOWARDS THE PRESIDENT...SAYING QUOTE "IF YOU THINK YOUCAN WITHOLD FUNDS FROM THISSTATE AND CARRY THROUGH ON YOURTHREAT, WE'LL SEE YOU INCOURT".A CONCERNING NUMBER...

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