Trump accused of 'gross abuse of office' by OSCE election observer over call to halt count

 

5 Nov, 2020 13:40 / Updated 18 minutes ago

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The head of an international observer mission to the US elections has accused US President Donald Trump of “gross abuse of office,” after he called for an end to vote counting in key swing states.

"The most disturbing thing was that with presidential fanfare of the White House, that is, with all the insignia of power, the American commander-in-chief called for an end to the count because of his purported victory," Michael Link, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) told Germany's Stuttgarter Zeitung newspaper on Thursday.

"That was a gross abuse of office," he added, calling Trump’s claims of foul play by Democrats "baseless."

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