US election officials: Trump’s millions of votes were not ‘deleted’

Post-election tensions in the United States are growing as senior federal and state officials have rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims that millions of his votes were “deleted.”

Senior federal and state election officials said on Thursday that there is “no evidence” that votes were lost or changed, or voting systems corrupted.

They added that there are many “unfounded claims” for misinformation about the process of elections.

The officials rejected allegations made by Trump and Republicans that fraud and lost ballots led to his loss.

They claimed, “the November 3 election was the most secure in American history.”

The developments come after Trump re-tweeted a claim that an election equipment maker “deleted” 2.7 million votes for him nationwide and switched hundreds of thousands of his votes to his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, in Pennsylvania and other states.

Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits to challenge the results of the election announced by US media that projected Biden’s victory.

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