DAY 8: Trump blames somebody else for "illegal votes" claim; We thoroughly debunk it

For the third time in less than a week Donald Trump insisted on claiming there were at least 3 million illegal votes in the 2016 election. But this time he blamed that lie on somebody else: on some guy named Gregg Phillips. Apparently as a way to "prove" his claim:

Look forward to seeing final results of VoteStand. Gregg Phillips and crew say at least 3,000,000 votes were illegal. We must do better!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 27 de enero de 2017

Trump tweeted that apparently after watching an interview between Andrew Cuomo and Gregg Phillips on CNN, in which Phillips was debunked because he refused to show evidence of the claim of 3 million illegal votes. We'll get to that interview later on in this post. But first lets's see how this whole thing started:

The claim of 3 million illegal votes was debunked by Politifact on November 18, 2016, a week after Gregg Phillips made the claim without providing any evidence to back it up, which is apparently Trump's "source" for his lie. From the November 18 Politifact article:

HYPOCRISY: Trump's daughter, Steve Bannon and Steve Mnuchin were registered to vote in 2 states

Donald Trump said he would investigate "voter fraud" by people registered to vote in two states during the 2016 election. But according to the New York Daily News, one of Trump's daughters, Tiffany Trump, and two of his top aides, Steve Bannon and Steve Mnuchin, were registered to vote in two states during the 2016 presidential election.

From the article published by the New York Daily News:

DAY 6: Trump says he will waste taxpayer dollars to investigate "voter fraud" that never happened

Even though Donald Trump's claim that millions of illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton is false, and he never presented a shred of evidence supporting the claim, Trump announced on Twitter that he will be wasting taxpayer dollars on "investigating" his false claim:

I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017

even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017

Sean Spicer says Trump "believes" there was voter fraud in 2016 but shows no evidence

When the press asked Sean Spicer for evidence backing Donald Trump's claim that millions of illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton, Spicer says Trump "believes" that's the case based on "studies and information he has". However, Spicer did not present any evidence proving Trump's lie.

Once again Trump lies about illegal immigrants costing him the popular vote

At a meeting with congressional leaders, Donald Trump repeated the lie he tweeted after the elections, claiming that illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton and that is the reason why he lost the popular vote. He also lied again about the attendance at his inaugural.

According to The New York Times, "the claim, which he has made before on Twitter, has been judged to be untrue by numerous fact-checkers. But the new president’s willingness to bring it up at Monday’s White House reception in the State Dining Room is an indication that he remains focused on his election even after assuming power."

Additionally, according to the NYT, Trump said: