CNN's Wolf Blitzer Apologizes Over False Trump Mail-Ballot Claim as 14-Day Order Blocks Rules
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 31
CNN's Wolf Blitzer Apologizes Over False Trump Mail-Ballot Claim as 14-Day Order Blocks Rules
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 31
Summary
Wolf Blitzer used Monday's "Situation Room" to retract a Friday claim that Trump's mail-voting order would affect U.S. troops and other Americans voting from overseas.
The clarification said those ballots are exempt from Postal Service rules tied to Trump's March executive order because they are protected under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act.
The false claim arose in an interview with Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger about a lawsuit by Virginia and other Democratic-led states seeking to block the order.
A federal judge last week imposed a 14-day temporary restraining order on the mail-voting crackdown, leaving the broader legal fight over the administration's policy unresolved.