"Facts matter": ECF president challenges Trump's election fraud allegations

Ellen Weintraub, president of the Federal Election Commission, on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's repeated accusations of widespread electoral fraud in the 2016 elections, calling them "prejudicial to our democracy" and totally unfounded.

"There is no evidence of widespread election fraud in 2016 or in any previous election," said CNN Weintraub, a Democrat.

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"People have studied this. Academics have studied this. The lawyers have studied this. The government has studied that. Democrats have studied this. Republicans have studied this, "she continued. "And no one can find any evidence of widespread electoral fraud, either historically or particularly in the 2016 elections."

The White House did not immediately send an email requesting an answer to Weintraub's remarks.

Trump asserted Thursday at a campaign rally in New Hampshire that the election scam was the reason he had lost the four electoral votes of the Granite State in the previous presidential election.

In one letter Weintraub asked the president "to provide any evidence" that could support his statements. "In simple terms, a former casino operator should understand: there comes a time when you have to put your cards on the table or on the fold," she wrote.

The president reiterated his baseless assertions Sunday, telling reporters in New Jersey that "many, many people have voted against what should not have been voted," while insisting that "some people have voted several times ".

"The facts matter, and the Americans must be able to believe what their leaders tell them," Weintraub said on Monday.