the fraud claims, and they quickly concluded that fraud did not take the election from donald trump. voters did. the news was told that trump's chief of staff at the white house, mark meadows, in mid to late november. >> i remember a call with mr. meadows, and i remember sharing with him that we weren't finding anything that would be sufficient to change the results in any of the key states. >> reporter: during a meeting, several weeks later, trump got the same message from his white house counsel and another white house lawyer, eric hirschman. >> eric had told the group, president included that the allegations had been substantiated, to the point where they could be the basis for any litigation. challenge to the election. >> it is statistically impossible that the person that led the charge lost. >> reporter: but donald trump continued to refuse to publicly accept defeat. >> the evidence of the fraud is monumental, and more is coming