A joint statement by two internal Department of Homeland Security committees undermines outgoing President Trump’s claim that there was widespread fraud, irregularities and cheating in the November election.

The members of  the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council and the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council issued a statement Thursday saying there was no evidence that there were irregularities in the election that would invalidate them.

““The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result,” the statement reads. 

The committees noted that there are ongoing, legal reviews of the votes to ensure the integrity of the elections, including paper ballots in contested states that will be recounted to check the votes.

They also note that there’s no evidence of deleted or added votes, as Trump has claimed in recent tweets regarding Dominion, the company that provided software to tally votes.

“When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience,” the statement says.  “This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.” [Bold from the original statement.]