Despite weeks of claiming that this year's election was marred by widespread voting irregularities, the former president declared a victory "like no other" and pledged to "heal" the country in a stunning White House comeback.
Claiming fraud "has become a classic mobilization technique for populist or far-right leaders like Donald Trump," said Julien Giry, a French expert in US disinformation (archived here).
Leaders will allege a loss was due to fraud, or claim "there was no fraud because we denounced it in advance," he said.
"It is almost certainly quieter on this front today than it would have been had Trump lost or won narrowly," said Ethan Porter, a professor and researcher at The George Washington University Misinformation/Disinformation Lab (archived here).
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