US President Donald Trump is once again calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor, this time to investigate what he insists was a “rigged” 2020 presidential election-a claim he has never abandoned since his loss to Joe Biden nearly five years ago. In a post on Truth Social on June 20, Trump described the election as “a total FRAUD,” citing a range of alleged issues, including mass mail-in voting, ballot harvesting, and the now-infamous “Zuckbucks”-private donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to local election offices.

“Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD! The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING,” Trump wrote. “A Special Prosecutor must be appointed. This cannot be allowed to happen again in the United States of America! Let the work begin!”

Trump’s renewed demand comes at a time when his 2024 presidential campaign is picking up steam, despite fierce legal battles, and as the Biden administration grapples with major foreign policy dilemmas, including the volatile Israel-Iran conflict. Critics argue Trump’s move is a political strategy to keep election integrity front and center, while detractors in the media and within the Democratic Party claim it is yet another baseless attack aimed at undermining trust in American democracy.

Since November 2020, Trump and many of his allies have maintained that widespread fraud and irregularities skewed the election outcome in favor of Joe Biden. The former president and his legal team filed dozens of lawsuits, most of which were dismissed by courts for lack of evidence or standing. However, Trump has refused to let the issue go, arguing that the failure to properly investigate the 2020 election........

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