Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on Attorney General Bill Barr to send federal agents to arrest poll workers.
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Gingrich discussed a Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania that complained that its poll watchers weren't allowed to be close enough to observe the ballot counting.
"The Philadelphia machine is corrupt. The Atlanta machine is corrupt. The machine in Detroit is corrupt. And they are trying to steal the presidency. And we should not allow them to do that," Gingrich said.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on Attorney General Bill Barr to send federal agents to arrest poll workers, claiming that several states' voting systems were "corrupt."
In an interview with the Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night, Gingrich discussed the Trump campaign's lawsuits in Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, filed after Joe Biden took the lead in several battleground states.
In one lawsuit in Pennsylvania, Trump's team complained that its poll watchers weren't allowed to be close enough to observe the ballot counting.
"Is that a violation of law? And how do you remedy that?" Hannity asked Gingrich.
"The Philadelphia machine is corrupt. The Atlanta machine is corrupt. The machine in Detroit is corrupt. And they are trying to steal the presidency. And we should not allow them to do that," Gingrich responded.
"First of all, under federal law, we should lock up the people who are breaking the law," he continued. "You stop somebody from being an observer, you just broke federal law. You hide and put up papers so nobody can see what you're doing? You just broke federal law. You bring in ballots that aren't real? You just broke federal law."
When Hannity asked how to fix such a problem, Gingrich said that the "first answer" was to look to the attorney general, who "issued an order that federal agents can carry guns in the pursuit of people who are breaking the law."
"That's a signal," Gingrich said.
Watch the moment below:
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The Trump campaign has filed several lawsuits to halt states' vote counts or contest results. It has also called for a recount in Wisconsin.
Gingrich was the House speaker from 1995 to 1999. He was a Republican representative for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, covering northern Atlanta and nearby areas, for 20 years until his resignation in 1999.
Biden on Friday morning surpassed the 270 electoral votes required to win the White House, according to projections by Decision Desk HQ.
The Democratic nominee had won 4 million more votes than Trump as of Friday, a lead that's likely to grow as states finalize their results in the coming days and weeks.
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