In an unprecedented allegation by a president-elect, Donald Trump has alleged that “millions of people” voted illegally for Hillary Clinton in the November 8 polls and serious voter fraud were committed in three states where he lost.
Trump, who offered no evidence for his claims, said that he would have won the popular votes in the US general election “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”.
“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” Trump said in a first of the series of tweets last evening.
He alleged that serious voter fraud were committed in three States of Virginia, New Hampshire and California where he lost.
The allegation by Trump, who won the required votes in the Electoral College to secure the presidency, comes as Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote over Trump has surpassed 2.0 million votes and is expected to grow to more than 2.5 million as ballots in populous states such as California continue to be tallied.
Clinton has 232 electoral college votes in her kitty as against 270 required to be declared as elected.
The Republican billionaire’s allegations came as steps are being taken towards recounting of votes in the swing state of Wisconsin, which Trump won.