Ken Cuccinelli speaking on the floor of the 2016 Republican National Convention.

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Trump official Ken Cuccinelli claims to not remember Donald Trump calling the 2020 election "rigged." Cuccinelli, who Trump appointed to the Department of Homeland Security, met with the January 6 committee in 2021. "I am not prepared to validate that word," Cuccinelli told investigators, according to testimony released Friday.

In a 24-hour span after losing the 2020 election, one-term...

Continue Reading Trump's top DHS official told the Jan. 6 committee he doesn't remember Trump repeatedly calling the 2020 election 'rigged.' Trump used the word 'rigged' in 3 tweets 24 hours after losing the election.