DHS secretary doubles down on Trump’s baseless 2020 election claims

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:10:38 GMT

Markwayne Mullin at presser repeated many of Trump’s unverified claims from controversial primetime speechMarkwayne Mullin, the US homeland security secretary, doubled down on Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated election claims on Friday amid his agency’s efforts to support the president’s agenda.Trump used a review compiled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the basis of many of his unsubstantiated claims on Thursday during his televised primetime address to the nation. Continue reading...

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