horrible election corruption. >> reporter: in september, trump sent texas governor greg abbott a letter calling for the state to conduct a full forensic audit of the election with zero evidence. trump writes, texans know voter fraud occurred. it didn't take long for abbott to feel the pressure. on the same day, the republican governor announced an audit in harris, dallas, tarrant and collin counties. >> isn't it just a terrible waste of taxpayer money to have an audit in a state that everybody says went fine and that president trump won by 600,000 votes, and aren't you contributing to this undermining confidence in our election process? >> why do we audit everything in this world but people raise their hands in concern when we audit elections, which is fundamental to our democracy? >> reporter: earlier this year, the state's election administrator told a legislative committee there were no problems with the election. >> in spite of all the circumstances, texas had an election that was smooth and