From the January 25 edition of CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper:
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JAKE TAPPER (HOST): The white house has not provided any evidence backing up the president's uncorroborated claim that 3 to 5 million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. Now that is of course because no such tangible evidence of widespread voter fraud exists according to Republican and Democratic election officials all across the country. It did not happen. But it is a belief of the president's, we are told so this morning he called for an investigation into the matter. This afternoon white house press secretary Sean Spicer was asked about the fact that in recount efforts in battle ground states, the president's own lawyers insisted that there were no credible accounts of voter fraud.
Spicer's response was to suggest that the investigation might look into other places, quote, “larger states.” He named two of them. California and New York. States that it might be observed voted overwhelmingly against Mr. Trump. One of the items the president wants investigated according to his tweets this morning, people who are registered to vote in more than one state. He might want to start that investigation by talking to his top political aide and one of his key cabinet picks who are among the many, many voters who in one day was registered in more than one state. CNN Justice and Supreme Court correspondent joins me now. Pamela, if an agency starts such an investigation, how would they do it?
PAMELA BROWN: Well, at this point we have to figure out who is going to lead the charge because you have President Trump calling on a widespread voter fraud registration, but it's still unclear who would be in charge of that investigation, Jake. That remains a mystery. In fact, officials I've spoken with in the department of justice which typically investigates those allegations says an investigation like this would be completely unprecedented.
