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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Trump lost — the election wasn't stolen, says group of prominent conservatives - Morningstar

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Former President Trump has on several occasions falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential election had widespread voter fraud. Top conservatives join in debunking those accusations in a new report.

This is an excerpt from a 72-page report titled "Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election."

The report from some prominent conservatives analyzes the many debunked fraud claims that former President Donald Trump has made regarding the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and is signed by some top Republicans and election law experts.

Among those who signed off on the report are retired federal appeals court judges Thomas B. Griffith, J. Michael Luttig and Michael W. McConnell; former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who served under former President George W. Bush; former senators John Danforth and Gordon Smith; longtime Republican election lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg; and veteran Republican congressional chief of staff David Hoppe. Each one has been elected as a Republican, been appointed to their office by a Republican, or is otherwise associated with the GOP.

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"Once they had lost, Trump and his supporters had an obligation to recognize that the election debate was over," the report states. "Questions of election legality must be resolved dispassionately in courts of law, not through...



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