Fact check: Trump doubles down on groundless conspiracy theory that GOP poll watchers across the country were sidelined
By Marshall Cohen, Annie Grayer, Bob Ortega, Casey Tolan and Nick Valencia, CNN
President Donald Trump has falsely claimed there were widespread abuses against his poll watchers across the country, and is using these false allegations to dispute the election results.
He and his surrogates have pushed several variations of this claim in the last few days, ramping up their rhetoric as Democratic nominee Joe Biden gets close to victory.
"The OBSERVERS were not allowed, in any way, shape, or form, to do their job and therefore, votes accepted during this period must be determined to be ILLEGAL," Trump tweeted Friday morning, a post that Twitter hid and labeled as part of its policy against election disinformation.
Facts First: Trump's claims are completely false. There have been no reports of systematic irregularities with poll watchers anywhere in the US. There is no evidence supporting the President's claims that GOP poll watchers were shut out of the process, and Trump's campaign still hasn't backed up this broad claim in court.
CNN has reporters across the country following developments at polling places on Election Day and the ongoing vote-counting process, and saw nothing resembling Trump's allegations.
Here's is a breakdown of what happened in key states.
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