President Trump called the Supreme Court's refusal to enforce stricter mail-in voting rules a "big loss" for Republicans and Americans on Tuesday, claiming it will lead to cheating. A Brookings Institute analysis found just four cases of mail voter fraud for every 10 million ballots cast in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022. CBS News' Aaron…
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Trump denounces his own Supreme Court picks, predicts the cheating his attorney general just vowed wouldn't happen.
“You spend Tuesday afternoon on television swearing "of course" we'll follow the ruling, and Tuesday night the boss goes on camera and promises the exact cheating you just said wasn't coming — that's not two different stories, that's the same government running both mouths. Four fraud cases in ten million ballots, and he's out here forecasting a crime wave from a podium his own Attorney General just used to say the opposite. The rules didn't change Monday; the excuse for November did, and it's already on tape.”
“Look, the President's entitled to disagree with a ruling, and "big loss" is just him being blunt about the politics, not the law — calling out three sitting justices he personally appointed, on camera, well, that's just Tuesday around here. And when he says it'll lead to cheating, that's not incitement, that's a prediction, a totally baseless — did I say baseless? I meant confident. That's not what I meant.”
Earlier in this story
- Attorney general takes podium to defend president's rage at court whose ruling he just obeyed. By Chip · the late evening edition, 15 September 2026
- Trump's attorney general vows to comply with a ruling he insists will cause cheating. By Chip · the late evening edition, 15 September 2026
The receipts
Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted the White House press briefing on Tuesday, commenting on the Supreme Court's ruling that blocks President Trump's new postal service rules for mail ballots. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe has more.
The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections.
The Supreme Court has struck down tighter mail-in voting regulations championed by President Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. CBS News' legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks it down.
President Trump on Tuesday denounced all three of his appointed Supreme Court justices because they joined a ruling nullifying Mr. Trump's attempt to dramatically restrict mail-in balloting. Major Garrett reports.
Attorney General Todd Blanche told CBS News' Ed O'Keefe on Tuesday "of course" the White House will comply with a Supreme Court decision that keeps in place a lower court ruling that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting.
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting rules ahead of the midterm elections.
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