Italygate
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"Italygate" is a pro-Trump, QAnon[1][2] conspiracy theory originating from a fake news website.
It alleges that the 2020 United States presidential election was rigged in Joe Biden's favor by using satellites and military technology to remotely switch votes from Donald Trump to Biden from the U.S. Embassy in Rome. There is no evidence of this.[1][3] The allegations were published on January 6, 2021, the day the U.S. Capitol building came under siege from Trump supporters.[1]
The New York Times later revealed that, in Trump's last weeks in office, his chief of staff Mark Meadows tried to get the Department of Justice to investigate these claims. After Meadows emailed acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen a link to a YouTube video making the claims, Rosen forwarded the email to his deputy Richard Donoghue, who responded, "pure insanity."[4][5][6][7][8]
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References
- ^ a b c "Fact check: Evidence disproves claims of Italian conspiracy to meddle in U.S. election (known as #ItalyGate)". Reuters. 2021-01-15.
- ^ "Vatican blackout hoax linked to ItalyGate conspiracy theory". Formiche.net. 2021-01-12.
- ^ Caldera, Camille (2021-01-08). "Fact check: Claims of electoral fraud in Rome, dubbed 'ItalyGate,' are baseless". USA TODAY.
- ^ Benner, Katie (2021-06-05). "Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims". The New York Times.
- ^ Pengelly, Martin (2021-06-06). "Trump aide asked DoJ to investigate bizarre 'Italygate' claim votes were changed by satellite". The Guardian.
- ^ Bolies, Corbin (2021-06-05). "Meadows Pushed DOJ to Probe Insane 'Italygate' Election Fraud Theory". The Daily Beast.
- ^ "Trump aide asked DOJ to probe bizarre 'Italygate' election fraud claim". South China Morning Post. 2021-06-06.
- ^ CNN, Whitney Wild, Jeremy Herb, Lauren Fox, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles. "New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results". CNN.
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