During a recent address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, former President Donald Trump reignited controversy by suggesting imminent legal action against individuals involved in the 2020 election. Trump, who has persistently claimed—without evidence—that the election was ‘rigged,’ diverged from his prepared remarks to make this bold assertion.

Trump’s comments came as he reiterated his belief that the conflict in Ukraine might have been avoided had he been re-elected. “It wouldn’t have started if the 2020 U.S. presidential election weren’t rigged,” he stated to the audience, underscoring his long-held view that the election outcome was fraudulent. “Everybody now knows that. They found out. People will soon be prosecuted for what they did,” Trump declared, suggesting forthcoming legal repercussions. He added, “That’s probably breaking news, but it should be – it was a rigged election, can’t have rigged elections.”

The former president has consistently attributed his 2020 loss to widespread voter fraud, a claim that has been widely debunked. His defeat came amid public dissatisfaction with his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020 election, Joe Biden succeeded in reclaiming key states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, which Trump had previously won in 2016. Biden also managed to flip traditionally Republican states like Arizona and Georgia.

‘Folks are desperate for action and just haven’t seen it,’ Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House chief strategist, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview earlier this month. Bannon said the president’s supporters have wanted to see movement on cases related to the 2020 election and also the 2016 election related to the Russia probe. It’s unclear who would be indicted in a 2020 election case. In the aftermath of the election, Trump and his allies filed 62 cases contesting the election results, with nearly all dismissed over a lack of standing or evidence.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overruled one initial Trump campaign win, which dealt with whether first-time voters could be asked for photo identification if they wanted to ‘cure’ their mail-in ballots. At the same time, several Trump-aligned officials, including his personal lawyer, former New York City Mayor, have gotten in legal trouble over their roles in trying to overturn Biden’s win. Last April, Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and other Republican officials who signed a document submitted to Congress falsely saying Trump won the election were indicted in Arizona.

There were also droves of prosecutions related to January 6. Trump was impeached for a second time, after leaving office, for inciting an insurrection on January 6, 2021. He was acquitted in the Republican-led U.S. Senate. His rhetoric at a ‘stop the steal’ rally at the Ellipse led to thousands of Trump supporters ransacking the U.S. Capitol. In the years following the Capitol attack, more than 1,500 rioters were charged with crimes, but Trump pardoned them all shortly after taking office for a second time last year.