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Will Trump accept results of the election? “If ...”

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June 28, 2024

Donald Trump wouldn’t commit to accepting the results of the presidential election in November.

“If it’s a fair and legal and good election, absolutely,” Trump said.

The former president, who refused to acknowledge his loss in 2020 and made false claims of fraud, didn’t provide his criteria for honoring the outcome.

This was originally published on our Live Updates page.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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