Politics

Trump implies the FBI and DOJ helped rig the election, his followers want them dismantled

El Presidente Trumpo implied today that the FBI and the Department of Justice colluded with the Democrats to steal the election from him. He told Maria Bartiromo that he doesn’t have a clue where Durham is or why they’re not looking into his accusations of massive massive election fraud.

UPDATE: I got a little grief over the headline and my description, but Scott Faust, Twitter layabout, actually transcribed it in order to prove the point:

There it is. Thanks Scott!! END UPDATE

Some of his followers are running with it:

Some are calling for the DOJ and the FBI to be dismantled.

Always there are accusations of the worst kinds of treason in all caps with a lot of exclamation points:

BUT… these are very fringe. They had “CIA and FBI” trending but with just a few thousand retweets. I think most people are coming to accept the results of the election with just a few nuts holding out for some miracle where the military comes in and arrests all the Democrat. Which is what every conspiracy theory has been promising for more than 5 years. Sad!

Then there’s this:

Makes sense to me.

She hasn’t made much yet:

About 500 pounds off 5,000 that she is requesting.

UPDATE: On Tuesday, the Department of Justice responded.

Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

His comments come despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his refusal to concede his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complaints and information they’ve received, but they’ve uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election.

He won’t like that. END UPDATE.

Here’s the YouTube video of Trump’s comments to Bartiromo: