Giuliani Repeats Unsubstantiated Claims of Broad Vote Fraud

  • Trump’s lawyers say plot involved Democratic cities, Venezuela
  • Trio of loyalists floats conspiracy theories about election
Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Nov. 19.Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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Rudy Giuliani and other lawyers leading President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his defeat described a widespread and implausible fraud on behalf of Joe Biden in a lengthy news conference on Thursday -- offering little new evidence for their claims but signaling that the long-shot fight will drag on for weeks.

Their allegations ranged from complaints that Republican observers weren’t allowed to observe vote-counting in Philadelphia and Detroit to a claim by Trump lawyer Sidney Powell that U.S. voting machines made by Dominion Voting Systems Inc. used software made in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez.