US President Donald Trump has renewed baseless claims "massive fraud" in battleground states led to his election defeat and says he'll go to Georgia to rally supporters ahead of two Senate run-off elections.
"This has a long way to go," Trump said on Thursday evening, despite the fact president-elect Joe Biden won the election.
"This election was a fraud. It was a rigged election."
Trump spoke to reporters at the White House after addressing US military leaders overseas.
After his conversation, he took questions for the first time since election day and angrily denounced officials in Georgia and Pennsylvania, two key swing states that helped give Biden the win, as "enemies of the state", and claimed they were culprits in vote fraud.
State officials and international observers have repeatedly said no evidence of mass fraud exists and Trump's campaign has repeatedly failed in court.
Trump said he would hold a rally with thousands of supporters in Georgia on Saturday to support Republican candidates David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler whose January 5 run-offs will determine which party controls the Senate.
"I just want to tell my people: don't be disappointed yet because this race is far from over," Trump said.
"President-elect Biden won 306 electoral votes. States continue to certify those results, the Electoral College will soon meet to ratify that outcome," Michael Gwin, a spokesman for the Biden campaign, said when asked about Trump's comments.
"Biden will be sworn in as President on January 20, 2021."
Australian Associated Press
