Trump, however, has seemingly been fixated on the popular vote, tweeting after the election in November that, "In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally." A 2012 Pew Center on the States study found problems with inaccurate voter registrations, people who registered in more than one state (which could happen if the voter moves and registers in the new state without telling the former state) and deceased voters whose information was still on the voter rolls. The primary author of the Pew report tweeted in response to Trump’s staff’s claim that he “can confirm that report made no findings re: voter fraud.” 
 
 We found millions of out of date registration records due to people moving or dying, but found no evidence that voter fraud resulted. Mr. Spicer also made vague reference to another Pew Research Center study that supposedly backed up Mr. Trump, but the author of the study in question, David Becker, now executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, tweeted again that no such fraud happened. When a reporter pointed out to Mr. Spicer that such widespread fraud would be one of the biggest scandals in American electoral history and asked why the administration isn’t investigating, the press secretary said, “Maybe we will.” 
 
 Mr. Spicer, who worked at the Republican National Committee before working for Mr. Trump, declined to say whether he personally believes this claim. “I don’t think it’s any surprise that when there’s an administration turnover, that we’re going to review the policies,” he said.
– President Trump isn't just doubling down on his claims that voter fraud cost him the popular vote, he says he plans to call for an investigation. In two tweets Wednesday morning, Trump wrote: "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 results, we will strengthen up voting procedures!" Earlier this week, the president repeated his claim that 3 million to 5 million "illegals" voted, and he says that's the only reason Hillary Clinton beat him in the popular vote by about 3 million ballots. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer backed up his boss. Trump "has believed that for a while based on studies and information he has," said Spicer, per CNN. The problem is that no news service can find any such studies. The New York Times notes that a post on the discredited InfoWars website made the claim about millions of fraudulent voters in November, and Trump has appeared on the show with host Alex Jones. Spicer did reference a Pew study, but that study's own author says there's "zero evidence" of fraud in the 2016 vote. The Washington Post fact checker blog digs into the particulars and remains unswayed: "Spicer cited repeatedly debunked research," it says, adding that "these studies do not support Trump’s Four-Pinocchio claims of 'millions' of people voting illegally."