Vote counts push Biden closer to victory as Trump falsely claims election being 'stolen'


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Nov 2020

Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results during an appearance in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country's democratic process from the White House on Thursday, falsely claiming the election was being "stolen" from him.

Offering no evidence, Trump lambasted election workers and alleged fraud in the states where results from a dwindling set of uncounted votes are pushing Democrat Joe Biden nearer to victory.

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