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Trump Threatens to Send Police, Lawyers to Polling Places

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A voter enters a polling precinct to cast their ballot in Florida's primary election on August 18, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 21 August 2020 07:45 AM EDT

President Donald Trump said he will dispatch law enforcement and even U.S. attorneys to polling places in November to help combat voter fraud.

During an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday night, Trump continued on his recent theme of preventing fraudulent voting — which he claims will help Democrats.

"We're going to have sheriffs, and we're going to have law enforcement, and we're going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we're going to have everybody and attorney generals," Trump said.

Trump and some Republicans have criticized mail-in voting, saying it can lead to fraud. Many Democrats, however, have pushed for the practice this fall as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect how Americans interact. Several states are already committed to sending mail-in ballots to registered voters for them to cast their vote that way.

Marc Elias, a lawyer who worked for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, responded to Trump's threat to send police to the polls by tweeting, "Not without a legal fight he won't!"

According to CNN, election law expert Rick Hasen said the president does not have the authority to send law enforcement to polling places to monitor what goes on.

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President Donald Trump said he will dispatch law enforcement and even U.S. attorneys to polling places in November to help combat voter fraud. During an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday night, Trump continued on his recent theme of preventing fraudulent voting...
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