MOSINEE, Wis. – Former President Donald Trump does Frequently false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen of widespread fraud, warned on Saturday that it would seek to arrest anyone involved in “dishonest conduct” during the 2024 race results.
The threat came in a post on his social media site, Truth Social, and accused Democrats of “exhausted Fraud and Skullduggery” while repeating false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
“The 2024 Elections, with the votes just beginning, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and IF I WIN, THE CHANGERS will be prosecuted to the full extent of the Law, which includes long prison sentences. This Perversion of Justice will not be repeated again,” he wrote.
He continued: “Please be aware that this legal disclosure applies to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters and Corrupt Election Officials. “Unfortunately, those who behave dishonestly at a level never seen before in our country will be searched for, arrested and prosecuted.”
The threat was one of the most far-reaching threats he has made since his 2020 presidential bid. threatens old enemies and to issue warnings to those participating in the current election.
While he spent much of the 2016 campaign threatening to arrest his opponent Hillary Clinton, he didn’t go after the people around him, like donors and campaign workers.
Election workers across the country have been threatened, most famously Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, two election workers whose lives were upended when Trump and his allies targeted them with bogus fraud charges after the 2020 election.
In the run-up to the 2020 election, Trump began making unsubstantiated warnings about election interference, which intensified after his defeat and culminated in a January 6 mob attack on the US Capitol to block Biden’s confirmation. He started creating similar statements On the eve of the 2024 elections.
He also emphasized the PFLP focus on election integrity During a speech in Wisconsin on Saturday, the term suggested that Republicans wouldn’t need to continue campaigning if Democrats stopped cheating.
“We must stop fraud. “If we stop this fraud, if we don’t allow them to cheat, I won’t even have to campaign anymore,” Trump said. “We will win with a big margin. Meanwhile, too big to dig, too big to dig.
Trump and his allies filed dozens of unsuccessful cases to overturn the results after the 2020 election. Some Democrats say new legal battles in Republican battleground states ahead of November’s elections is a concern Republicans are trying to cast doubt on the outcome if Donald Trump loses.
A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign could not immediately be reached Saturday night to provide additional context on Trump’s plan.