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Former President Donald Trump is repeating claims that votes were being "stolen" as part of "the corrupt Election process in Broward County" in 2018. He also claiming "the ballot theft immediately ended" after he sent in the FBI and U.S. Attorneys. There is no factual evidence to support any of those assertions.
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The protest from 2018 is drawing fresh attention from the Justice Department, which is reportedly looking into whether the tactics used then served as a model for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Those who worked for the Broward elections office in 2018 recall the fear that loomed large during that dayslong demonstration, with worries it would eventually devolve into an attack.