PoliticsFact check: Viral claims after the US midterms

As Democrats celebrated major gains in the US midterms, false claims of election fraud spread online, including allegations of illegal voting and vote-rigging. DW found that footage from a polling place in Lewiston, Maine, did not support claims of a coordinated effort to steal the election. The FBI also said a viral claim about more than 20,000 fraudulent ballots found in a Houston warehouse was false and that no election-related operation took place.

US midterm electionselection disinformationfact check

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