Trump camp frustrated at lack of support for election fraud claims

Top Republican allies side with president but others break rank

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Donald Trump Jr., middle, at a rally for his father, U.S. President Donald Trump, in Wisconsin. The president's son has lashed out at Republicans who have not backed unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. © Reuters

TAKENORI MIYAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign is unhappy with the lack of support among Republican lawmakers for its claim that the election is being "stolen" by rival Joe Biden's Democratic Party.

The president, trailing Biden in election delegates, has repeatedly asserted that the Democrats are trying to "rig" the election. But Republican lawmakers have largely remained silent, except for top allies siding with the president and a few others publicly rebuking him.

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