A California federal judge on Wednesday said then-U.S. president Donald Trump had signed a sworn statement asserting that voter fraud numbers included in a 2020 election lawsuit were accurate, despite being told the numbers were not correct.

US&nbsp;District Judge David Carter made the disclosure in ordering lawyer John Eastman to provide more emails to the congressional committee investigating the January&nbsp;6, 2021, attack on the US&nbsp;Capitol by Trump's supporters.

Eastman was one of Trump's attorneys when the former president and his allies challenged his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.

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Representatives for Trump and Eastman did not immediately return requests for comment.

Carter said Wednesday that Trump had "signed a verification swearing under oath" that the inaccurate fraud numbers were "true and correct" or "believed to be true and correct" to the best of his knowledge and belief, when alleging the improper counting of votes in a county in Georgia.

"The emails show that President Trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tout those numbers, both in court and to the public," the judge wrote.

Carter has previously ruled that Eastman and Trump had likely committed a felony by trying to pressure his then-vice president to obstruct Congress.

The ruling was made in a lawsuit filed by Eastman to block disclosure of the emails to the Jan. 6 select committee, following a congressional subpoena.

Carter has previously ordered Eastman to provide over 200 emails to the committee, after the lawyer resisted the subpoena and claimed that the communications were privileged.

The judge said Wednesday that the vast majority of emails still being sought by congressional investigators should not be handed over, as legal protections given to attorneys and their clients apply to the records.

He said eight emails that would normally be shielded under those protections must be given to the committee, after he found that the communications were in furtherance of a crime -- one of the few times those legal safeguards can be lifted.

Carter found that four emails show that Eastman and other lawyers suggested that the "primary goal" of filing lawsuits was to delay Congress's certification of the 2020 election results.

The judge said four other emails "demonstrate an effort by President Trump and his attorneys to press false claims in federal court for the purpose of delaying the January 6 vote."

Trump and his allies filed over 60 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election, which Biden won, with some complaints alleging voter fraud without evidence to support those claims. Those cases were overwhelmingly rejected by judges, some of which Trump appointed to the federal courts.

The Jan. 6 select committee last week voted to subpoena Trump in its investigation. It is set to issue a report in the coming weeks on its findings.

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A California federal judge on Wednesday said then-U.S. president Donald Trump had signed a sworn statement asserting that voter fraud numbers included in a 2020 election lawsuit were accurate, despite being told the numbers were not correct.

A California federal judge on Wednesday said then-U.S. president Donald Trump had signed a sworn statement asserting that voter fraud numbers included in a 2020 election lawsuit were accurate, despite being told the numbers were not correct. US District Judge David Carter made the disclosure in ordering lawyer John Eastman to provide more emails to the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by Trump's supporters. Eastman was one of Trump's attorneys when the former president and his allies challenged his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. Also Read | Trump deposed in E. Jean Carroll defamation case linked to rape accusation Representatives for Trump and Eastman did not immediately return requests for comment. Carter said Wednesday that Trump had "signed a verification swearing under oath" that the inaccurate fraud numbers were "true and correct" or "believed to be true and correct" to the best of his knowledge and belief, when alleging the improper counting of votes in a county in Georgia. "The emails show that President Trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tout those numbers, both in court and to the public," the judge wrote. Carter has previously ruled that Eastman and Trump had likely committed a felony by trying to pressure his then-vice president to obstruct Congress. The ruling was made in a lawsuit filed by Eastman to block disclosure of the emails to the Jan. 6 select committee, following a congressional subpoena. Carter has previously ordered Eastman to provide over 200 emails to the committee, after the lawyer resisted the subpoena and claimed that the communications were privileged. The judge said Wednesday that the vast majority of emails still being sought by congressional investigators should not be handed over, as legal protections given to attorneys and their clients apply to the records. He said eight emails that would normally be shielded under those protections must be given to the committee, after he found that the communications were in furtherance of a crime -- one of the few times those legal safeguards can be lifted. Carter found that four emails show that Eastman and other lawyers suggested that the "primary goal" of filing lawsuits was to delay Congress's certification of the 2020 election results. The judge said four other emails "demonstrate an effort by President Trump and his attorneys to press false claims in federal court for the purpose of delaying the January 6 vote." Trump and his allies filed over 60 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election, which Biden won, with some complaints alleging voter fraud without evidence to support those claims. Those cases were overwhelmingly rejected by judges, some of which Trump appointed to the federal courts. The Jan. 6 select committee last week voted to subpoena Trump in its investigation. It is set to issue a report in the coming weeks on its findings.

Emails show Trump knowingly pressed false voter fraud claims, judge says

President Donald&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;announced Wednesday he would seek a probe into non-existent&nbsp;voter fraud after claiming several million people voted illegally in the election that brought him to power.

&quot;I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and even those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on the results we will strengthen up voting procedures!&quot;&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;wrote on Twitter.

There is no public evidence of widespread illegal voting in the November election, and&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;and the White House has yet to substantiate the president&#39;s claim.

Hours after&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;told congressional leaders that as many as five million people could have voted illegally, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said this belief was based &quot;on the studies he&#39;s seen&quot;. Spicer never named the studies.

&quot;I think the president has believed that for a while based on studies and information he has,&quot; Spicer said, adding that&nbsp;the Republican who claims to believe the election was rigged&nbsp;has&nbsp;confidence in the election&#39;s outcome.

Trump&nbsp;lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by around 2.9 million votes, but won the all-important state-weighted electoral college.

The president has previously cited a Pew report from 2012 that concluded more than &quot;1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters&quot;.&nbsp;That report did not provide evidence that dead people voted, or that others voted in their name.

Trump&nbsp;has also cited an Old Dominion University study which suggested 14 per cent of non-citizens said they were registered to vote.

That study has been dismissed as having flawed methodology, with a sample size of under 1,000 and no link between being registered to vote and actually voting.

The NAACP, which claims to be America&#39;s oldest and largest nonpartisan&nbsp;civil rights group founded in 1909, claims: &quot;This supposed widespread voter fraud is consistently used as justification for voting restriction that suppresses the votes of African-American and Latinos.&quot;

(With inputs from AFP)

The US president claims without evidence that as many as five million people could have voted illegally in last year's polls

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he would seek a probe into non-existent voter fraud after claiming several million people voted illegally in the election that brought him to power. "I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and even those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on the results we will strengthen up voting procedures!" Trump wrote on Twitter. There is no public evidence of widespread illegal voting in the November election, and Trump and the White House has yet to substantiate the president's claim. Hours after Trump told congressional leaders that as many as five million people could have voted illegally, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said this belief was based "on the studies he's seen". Spicer never named the studies. "I think the president has believed that for a while based on studies and information he has," Spicer said, adding that the Republican who claims to believe the election was rigged has confidence in the election's outcome. Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton by around 2.9 million votes, but won the all-important state-weighted electoral college. The president has previously cited a Pew report from 2012 that concluded more than "1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters". That report did not provide evidence that dead people voted, or that others voted in their name. Trump has also cited an Old Dominion University study which suggested 14 per cent of non-citizens said they were registered to vote. That study has been dismissed as having flawed methodology, with a sample size of under 1,000 and no link between being registered to vote and actually voting. The NAACP, which claims to be America's oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights group founded in 1909, claims: "This supposed widespread voter fraud is consistently used as justification for voting restriction that suppresses the votes of African-American and Latinos." (With inputs from AFP)

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