- President Donald Trump is relying on a dubious Census Bureau report to claim over 24,000 noncitizens voted illegally in the 2020 election and assert that he won.
- An investigation revealed the report was produced by affiliates of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute rather than Census Bureau career civil servants.
- Election law experts criticized the analysis for using opaque and flawed methodology, noting that Census data lacks unique identifiers to reliably match with voter rolls.
- Experts highlighted that even if the 24,000 figure were accurate, it would represent less than 0.02 percent of all votes and would not alter the outcome in any state.
- Trump appears to be leveraging the report to build support for the SAVE America Act and sweeping federal restrictions on mail-in ballots and voter access.
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