Trump Says US Will Have Law Enforcement at Polls to Prevent Fraud

Trump Says US Will Have Law Enforcement at Polls to Prevent Fraud
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, on Aug. 20, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said in passing remarks in an interview on Thursday that he intends to send law enforcement officers, and “hopefully U.S. attorneys” to help monitor the polling stations to prevent voter fraud during the November elections.

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity late Thursday, Trump was asked, “Are you going to have poll-watchers, are you going to have an ability to monitor to avoid fraud and cross-check whether or not these are registered voters, whether or not there’s been identification to know it’s a real vote from a real American?”