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Trumps lie that the election was stolen has cost$519 million(and counting) as taxpayers fund enhanced security, legal fees, property repairs and more
By Toluse Olorunnipa and Michelle Ye Hee Lee at the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/cost-trump-election-fraud/?itid=hp-top-table-main-24
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Feb. 6, 2021
President Donald Trumps onslaught of falsehoods about the November election misled millions of Americans, undermined faith in the electoral system, sparked a deadly riot and has now left taxpayers with a large, and growing, bill.
The total so far: $519 million.
The costs have mounted daily as government agencies at all levels have been forced to devote public funds to respond to actions taken by Trump and his supporters, according to a Washington Post review of local, state and federal spending records, as well as interviews with government officials. The expenditures include legal fees prompted by dozens of fruitless lawsuits, enhanced security in response to death threats against poll workers, and costly repairs needed after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. That attack triggered the expensive massing of thousands of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington amid fears of additional extremist violence.
Although more than $480 million of the total is attributable to the militarys estimated expenses for the troop deployment through mid-March, the financial impact of the presidents refusal to concede the election is probably much higher than what has been documented thus far, and the true costs may never be known.
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