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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

FBI pushes back on Trump’s claims he ‘sent’ feds to help DeSantis stop election fraud in 2018

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The FBI has officially denied a claim made by former President Donald Trump last year about supposedly utilising the law enforcement agency to aid Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the weeks after his election victory in 2018.

The bureau’s response came as a result of a FOIA request from NBC News, which asked for any information about the supposed scheme to use US attorneys and FBI agents to halt “theft” of ballots that was supposedly taking place in Florida’s Broward County.

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