Trump cites voter fraud in NH without providing evidence
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has revived groundless claims of voter fraud, arguing in a lunch meeting with senators that he and former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte would have won in New Hampshire if not for voters bused in from out of state.
A GOP official with knowledge of Thursday’s lunch conversation described the president’s comments. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because it was a private meeting.
There is no evidence of people being improperly bused into New Hampshire to vote.
Ayotte was present for the meeting at the White House with a bipartisan group of 10 senators because she is working with Judge Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, to shepherd him around Capitol Hill for meetings. The discussion at Thursday’s lunch partly involved Gorsuch’s nomination as Trump looks for eight Democratic votes to get him over a procedural hurdle in the Senate.