Trump Assaults Pennsylvania GOP Candidate for Not Backing His Bogus Election Claims

Former President Donald Trump attacked Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Invoice McSwain, saying he has performed “completely nothing” to handle his bogus claims that the 2020 common election was fraudulent.

Trump introduced that he would withhold his endorsement.

“One particular person in Pennsylvania who I cannot be endorsing is Invoice McSwain for Governor,” Trump stated in a press release. “He was the US Legal professional who did completely nothing on the large Election Fraud that occurred in Philadelphia and all through the commonwealth.”

“Don’t vote for Invoice McSwain, a coward, who let our nation down,” he added. “He knew what was occurring and let it go. It was there for the taking and he failed so badly.”

McSwain, a former United States Legal professional for the Jap District of Pennsylvania, beforehand sought Trump’s endorsement however their relationship has soured.

Final 12 months, McSwain despatched a letter to Trump that stated his workplace “obtained varied allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities” and famous that William Barr, Trump’s legal professional common, stopped McSwain from making public bulletins concerning the allegations, in addition to investigating them.

“As a part of my obligations as US Legal professional, I needed to be clear with the general public and, after all, examine totally any allegations,” McSwain wrote. “Legal professional Common Barr, nevertheless, instructed me to not make any public statements or put out any press releases concerning potential election irregularities. I used to be additionally given a directive to move alongside severe allegations to the State Legal professional Common for investigation — the identical State Legal professional Common who had already declared that you could possibly not win.”

McSwain’s letter addressed Barr, who disputed McSwain’s story.

“Any suggestion that McSwain was instructed to face down from investigating allegations of election fraud is fake. It is simply false,” Barr stated later, in line with The Washington Put up.

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