Trump narrowly lost to Joe Biden in Arizona.
Former President Donald Trump tried to pressure then-Gov. Doug Ducey will overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The Washington Post first reported the allegations.
Sources also confirm to ABC News that Trump sent former Vice President Mike Pence to pressure Ducey to find fraudulent votes in the state, and that while Pence called Ducey several times after the election, he did not follow through on those orders .
Trump narrowly lost Arizona to Joe Biden in November 2020.
President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) during a working luncheon with governors on freedom and workforce mobility in the Cabinet Room of the White House on June 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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No recording of the call was made, sources told ABC News.
A Ducey spokesman called the report “nothing more than a ‘copy and paste’ of a compilation of articles from the past two years, disguised as something new.”
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina on June 10, 2023.
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“Governor Ducey defended the results of the 2020 Arizona election, certified the election, and made it clear that the certification provided a trigger for filing credible complaints supported by evidence. None were ever filed. The governor maintains his action. to certify the election and feels that the problem is in the rearview mirror – it’s time to move on,” the spokesman said in a statement.
The Trump campaign, in response to the report, reiterated the former president’s view that “the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen,” but did not refute the story.
“These witch hunts are designed to interfere and interfere with the 2024 election in an attempt to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House to make this country great again,” the campaign statement said. trump
