Stanford Legal - Election 2020: False Allegations of Fraud and Incitement to Insurrection with Nate Persily

Election 2020: False Allegations of Fraud and Incitement to Insurrection with Nate Persily

01/18/21 • 27 min

President Trump lost the November, 2020 election but has refused to concede, instead stoking the flames of anger in his supporters by spreading false claims of a stolen election. In this episode, voting law expert Nate Persily joins Pam and Joe to discuss the 2020 election—and why it is considered by experts and government officials alike to have been fair and free of fraud.

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