{"id":23944,"date":"2026-02-20T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-fills-administration-with-allies-who-backed-2020-election-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:34:27","slug":"trump-fills-administration-with-allies-who-backed-2020-election-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-fills-administration-with-allies-who-backed-2020-election-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fills Administration With Allies Who Backed 2020 Election Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Throughout his political career, President Donald Trump has consistently promoted unsubstantiated theories about electoral fraud to justify his 2020 defeat against Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>

With his return to the presidency, Trump has filled key positions in his administration with numerous individuals who previously endorsed his disputed claims and, in certain instances, assisted in efforts to challenge his electoral defeat.<\/p>

Federal authorities took their first major step in Trump’s promised investigation of the 2020 election by confiscating voting materials and electoral documentation from Georgia’s Fulton County in late January. This Democratic-leaning county, which encompasses Atlanta, has frequently been targeted by election conspiracy advocates supporting Trump.<\/p>

In other developments:<\/p>

Iranian forces conducted their yearly joint military exercises with Russia while a second U.S. aircraft carrier moved toward the Middle East region.<\/p>

Washington and Tehran are both indicating their readiness for potential military conflict should negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear activities collapse. On Thursday, Trump stated his belief that Iran has between 10 to 15 days to secure an agreement.<\/p>

However, diplomatic discussions concerning Iran’s nuclear capabilities have remained stalled for multiple years, with Iranian officials declining to address broader American and Israeli requests to reduce their missile development and cut connections with militant organizations. Recent indirect negotiations have shown minimal advancement, with either or both nations potentially using this time to prepare for possible military action.<\/p>

American military assets in the Middle East continue to increase.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump has appointed numerous officials to his administration who previously supported his disputed claims about the 2020 election results. The first major action on investigating that election involved federal authorities seizing voting materials from Georgia’s Fulton County in late January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771598066941.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-6ec","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34838,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-claims-democrats-cheat-pennsylvania-voters-share-views-on-election-security\/","url_meta":{"origin":23944,"position":0},"title":"Trump Claims Democrats Cheat; Pennsylvania Voters Share Views on Election Security","author":"Admin","date":"March 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"NPR reporters traveled through competitive Pennsylvania districts to gauge voter reactions to Trump's repeated assertions that Democrats engage in electoral fraud. 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