Former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has warned that incumbent President Donald Trump may refuse to leave the White House if he loses the upcoming election.
Clinton, who served as the Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, fears President Trump could attempt to blame mail-in voting for an illegitimate election if he loses the top job to Democratic candidate, Joe Biden.
In a virtual interview with The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, Clinton was asked if she believes Trump will look to use the vast number of Americans likely to vote by mail - due to social distancing measures enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic - as an excuse to delegitimise the election in the event that he loses.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that voter fraud is an issue with mail-in balloting.
"I think it is a fair point to raise as to whether or not, if he loses, he's going to go quietly or not - and we have to be ready for that," Clinton said.
"There have been so many academic studies and other analyses that point out that it's just an inaccurate, fraudulent claim. There isn't that problem."
Clinton added that the "real danger to the integrity" of the November election is posed by "any kind of restriction that can be imposed to try and keep the vote down in places that aren't going to vote for Republicans".
It comes as the President implies his belief in conspiracy theories that doctors are "lying" about the pandemic to prevent his re-election.
On Monday (local time), Trump retweeted a post by game show host Chuck Woolery claiming "everyone is lying" about COVID-19, which has infected more than 13 million people worldwide.
"The most outrageous lies are the ones about COVID-19. Everyone is lying. The CDC, media, Democrats, our doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust," Woolery tweeted.
"I think it's all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I'm sick of it."
