US President-elect Donald Trump has been “receiving information” about people voting illegally, according to Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump aide.
In the run-up to the November 8 election, Trump repeatedly accused the media of bias for not covering “a large-scale voter fraud” underway during early voting across the country. In addition, he called the election process rigged, and said the media was colluding with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in order to beat him.
Last week, Trump tweeted that there were “serious voter fraud” issues in three US states -- Virginia, New Hampshire and California -- during the election, but the mainstream American media ignored it.
He also claimed in a Twitter message that “millions of people” voted illegally and said he would have won the popular vote if those "illegal" votes were discounted.
Conway was asked on Friday by an ABC anchor if the statement by the president-elect true. She replied: “He’s been receiving information about the irregularities and about the illegal votes.”
The White House has dismissed Trump’s allegation of fraud in the November 8 presidential election. The House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday that there was no evidence of fraud, rejecting them as unsubstantiated.
"What I can say, as an objective fact, is that there has been no evidence produced to substantiate a claim like that," Earnest said.
Wisconsin starts recount of votes
This comes after Green Party nominee Jill Stein requested a recount in the battleground state of Wisconsin, which Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton narrowly lost in the election.
On Thursday, recounting of Wisconsin’s about 3 million votes for president began but it carries none of the drama of the Florida presidential recount of 2000, when the outcome of the election between Al Gore and George W. Bush hung in the balance.
Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes are not going to change the outcome of the election since Trump won 306 electoral votes, easily surpassing the 270 needed to clinch the presidency.
Despite her failure to win the presidency, Clinton's lead in the popular vote hit a new landmark on Thursday. According to an analysis from Cook Political Report, Clinton has received 2.53 million more votes than the president-elect.
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