This idiot's WRONG baseless accusation cost us tax payers' over $500 million

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A Washington Post analysis has explored the financial impact of Donald Trump's myriad of false election claims, finding that U.S. taxpayers have been left with a $519 million bill which continues to rise daily. Before and after the November election, the former president spread baseless allegations of voter fraud ranging from machine tampering to dead people casting ballots. It culminated in his supporters carrying out a deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 06 that resulted in five deaths. In response, government agencies were forced to use public funding to increase security and respond to lawsuits as a direct result of actions taken by both Trump and his supporter base.

While legal fees from dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits, enhanced security due to death threats against poll workers and costly repair work at the Capitol were all included in the Post's review of local, state and federal spending records, the bulk of the taxpayer's bill covers the National Guard deployment. To boost security during inauguration week, 25,000 members of the Guard were sent to Washington D.C. and that came with a bill of $480 million through March. The cost of adding an extra 850 members of the D.C. Police as part of a security surge has also cost an additional $8.8 million.