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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Top Michigan election official claims Trump called for her execution after 2020 election

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Michigan’s top election official has claimed that Donald Trump called for to be arrested for treason and “executed” after she refused to overturn his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.

The state’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, says that she was told about the one-term president’s remarks from a source familiar with the White House meeting she alleges it was said in.

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