Midterm elections are less than a month away, and more than 300 candidates across the country have questioned or renounced the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. Claims feeding into the debunked stolen election narrative continue to spread online.
One Oct. 4 Facebook post claims one of former President Donald Trump's lawyers revealed evidence of election fraud in front of Congress.
“Fight Breaks (sic) as Trump's Lawyer Plays Video Revealing Biden's Elect!on Fraud in congress (sic),” reads the caption of the post, which includes an 11-minute long video. The post was shared more than 800 times in two days.
But the claim is baseless. The video included in the post shows Trump’s lawyer David Schoen during the former president's second impeachment trial. Schoen does not reveal any evidence of election fraud in the clip.
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USA TODAY reached out to the user who made the claim for comment.
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