What did Donald Trump claim about elections on 6 Jan 2021? "So in Pennsylvania, you had 205,000 more votes than you had…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
So in Pennsylvania, you had 205,000 more votes than you had voters. And the number is actually much greater than that now.
Pennsylvania did not have more votes than voters. The Justice Department found the gap came from a state website missing data from four counties.
The Justice Department checked the claim and found Pennsylvania had not certified more votes than were cast. The gap came from a public state website that was incomplete because four counties had not uploaded their data (Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, sworn testimony to the House January 6th Committee, June 23, 2022).
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The claim
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- Speech at the "Save America" rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
The record
Primary source (sworn testimony)