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Trump allies are among the frequent purveyors of election misinformation. | The New York Times

President Trump and his allies have continuously amplified false and unsubstantiated claims about voting as they wage a multi-front assault on the legitimacy of the 2020 election.

A pre-election analysis from the Election Integrity Partnership found that posts from 20 Twitter accounts, including 13 verified and Mr. Trump himself, accounted for a fifth of all shares of voting-related misinformation in its database.

Of the 13 verified accounts, all but three had tweeted at least one claim of election misinformation this week.

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Source: Trump allies are among the frequent purveyors of election misinformation. |The New York Times