Former President Donald Trump on Friday warned that his campaign is keeping a close eye on the 2024 election and plans to prosecute cheaters.
In posts on Truth Social and X, the GOP nominee wrote: "CEASE & DESIST: I, together with many Attorneys and Legal Scholars, am watching the Sanctity of the 2024 Presidential Election very closely because I know, better than most, the rampant Cheating and Skullduggery that has taken place by the Democrats in the 2020 Presidential Election. It was a Disgrace to our Nation!
"Therefore, the 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again. We cannot let our Country further devolve into a Third World Nation, AND WE WON'T!"
Trump concluded: "Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country."
Trump has made election integrity a staple of his campaign. The Republican National Committee has recruited hundreds of thousands of poll watchers, poll workers, and legal experts to be on hand on Election Day. A spokeswoman for the RNC said the GOP is "protecting every legal vote."
Reuters reported that state and federal judges — some appointed by Trump — dismissed more than 50 lawsuits brought by Trump or his allies alleging election fraud and other irregularities in the 2020 election.
The Wall Street Journal this week reported that a group of wealthy, conservative donors has been quietly pouring millions into groups working on an effort to shore up election security.