President Trump Declares Victory in the Late Hours of Election Night

Donald Trump's advisers specifically told him he didn't have a factual basis to declare a victim. Here is campaign manager Bill Stepian: It was far too early to be making any calls like that. ballots were still being counted. But President Trump did declare victory in the late hours of election night. He also called for the ongoing count of votes to just stop. Stopping the count would have violated both federal and state laws and disenfranchised millions of voters who lawfully cast their vote.