‘If they’re honest’: Trump casts latest suspicion on US midterm elections

Donald Trump said he would respect the results of the November 3 midterm elections if they were “honest,” as his administration widened its legal dispute with state election authorities. The Justice Department threatened Washington state with legal action unless it removed about 400 people it alleges are non-US citizens from voter rolls. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs called the request, made a week before the election, an attempt to cast unfounded suspicion on the results and said some of the information was outdated. He said Washington elections were secure and cases of voter fraud, including voting by noncitizens, were extremely rare.