Donald Trump — Constitutional rules and the 2020 election
SOURCE REVIEW · SEPTEMBER 26, 2026
Verification review: September 26, 2026. The December 3 statement and December 5 response were read directly on Truth Social. The statement matches the transcription at Trump’s Truth, a third-party archive operated by Defending Democracy Together. PolitiFact independently corroborates the wording and response. The National Archives records the official 2020 result: Biden 306 electoral votes, Trump 232. These checks corroborate the quoted wording, date, response, and election result. Editorial interpretation is identified separately below.
At the time: Former president / 2024 presidential candidate
Date: December 3, 2022
Topics: Elections · Constitutional order
The statement
“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Read the complete original statement →
What happened
In a Truth Social post, Trump argued that alleged widespread election fraud could justify setting aside rules, including constitutional provisions. He asked whether the 2020 presidential result should be discarded or another election held. The post followed the release of internal Twitter communications concerning the platform’s handling of a story about Hunter Biden.
The statement’s premise should be distinguished from the established election result. Joe Biden won the 2020 election; officials and courts did not establish widespread fraud sufficient to overturn the outcome. The record preserves what Trump proposed without adopting his allegation of fraud.
Why it’s here
The qualifying issue is the explicit suggestion that an election dispute permits constitutional constraints to be set aside. This is an editorial assessment of the public statement, not a finding about criminal intent or a criminal charge.
Constitutional issue
The Constitution establishes the framework for choosing and transferring presidential power. Article II contains the presidential oath; the Twelfth Amendment governs electoral voting, and the Twentieth Amendment fixes presidential terms. Article V provides a process for constitutional amendments. An allegation of election fraud does not itself create a power to discard constitutional rules or install a different president.
Their response
On December 5, Trump denied that he had said he wanted to terminate the Constitution. He described the reporting as false and said his position was that alleged election wrongdoing should be corrected. Readers should consider that denial alongside the original December 3 wording.
See the evidence
Original Truth Social post — December 3, 2022
Archived transcription of the original post
Trump’s response — December 5, 2022
Independent reporting — Axios
Independent fact-check and response context — PolitiFact
Constitution — National Archives
Twelfth and Twentieth Amendments — National Archives
Official 2020 electoral result — National Archives
Documentation notes
The statement date is December 3, 2022; the site’s September 25 date is the archive-entry date. The quotation reproduces one complete sentence, including its stated fraud premise; it is not the complete post. The surrounding question and allegation are summarized above, and the linked original preserves the full text. Both original posts were inspected directly on September 25, 2026. The homepage card uses the same complete sentence. The source and constitutional references were checked again on September 26, 2026.
Editorial notice
Inclusion in The Voices of Treason is not an allegation or finding that the individual committed the federal crime of treason. This archive documents public statements by powerful figures concerning political violence, constitutional government, elections, state power, and the abandonment of lawful constitutional restraints.
