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Amanda Gerut

District Attorney denies 'wild allegation' after Donald Trump claims 'massive CHEATING' in a key swing state

Donald Trump campaigning in North Carolina. (Credit: Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Barely an hour before the first polls began to close on Election Day, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump posted on Truth Social there was rumored “cheating” in Philadelphia. “Law enforcement coming!!!” the former president wrote. 

Trump later claimed on Truth Social that there was "Heavy Law Enforcement" in both Philadelphia and Detroit. Authorities in both states, which have a collective 34 electoral votes in the Presidential Election, denied any irregularities.

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