WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump plans to create a commission on Thursday to investigate voter fraud and voter suppression, a White House official said, a move that follows Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud in the 2016 U.S. election.
Trump planned to sign an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, which would be chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, ABC News reported.
Trump, who took office in January, has said that there was widespread voter fraud in the November election. The Republican won the White House through victory in the Electoral College, which tallies wins in states, but lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, by some 3 million ballots.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 71st Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York on Oct. 20, 2016. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
