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The president has not offered evidence to support his claim, but he is said to have told Senate leaders an unverified anecdote from a Florida polling place, told by a German pro golfer. When one of the Democrats protested, Mr. Trump said he was told a story by “the very famous golfer, Bernhard Langer,” whom he described as a friend, according to three staff members who were in the room for the meeting. In the emerging Trump era, the story was a memorable example, for the legislators and the country, of how an off-the-cuff yarn — unverifiable and of confusing origin — became a prime policy mover for a president whose fact-gathering owes more to the oral tradition than the written word. With all that is facing this nation, Trump is pushing for a “major investigation” into whether millions of people illegally cast ballots in November, preventing him from winning the popular vote."
At www.nytimes.com
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