Repeats 'election was rigged' lie on Jan. 6 anniversary at GOP retreat, calls elections 'crooked' and 'corrupt'

On the fifth anniversary of the January 6 Capitol attack, Trump repeated his debunked claims about the 2020 election during a House Republican retreat in Washington. According to The Guardian's live coverage, 'Throughout his remarks to House GOP today, Donald Trump has made several baseless comments that elections in the US are crooked or corrupt.' Poynter reported that Trump said at the retreat, 'The election was rigged,' continuing to spread the same lies that incited the January 6 insurrection. The timing was particularly notable as it came on the exact anniversary of the attack his false claims had inspired.

"The election was rigged"