Trump says 2020 election should be ‘permanently wiped from the books’ if SPLC convicted

Published April 24, 2026 11:29am ET | Updated April 24, 2026 11:29am ET



President Donald Trump blasted the Southern Poverty Law Center over its fraud charges, and called for the 2020 election to be erased if they are convicted. 

The Department of Justice charged the SPLC with fraud Tuesday. Trump called it “one of the greatest political scams in American History” and a “Democrat hoax.”

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