Washington (CNN) Since the first week of his presidency, President Donald Trump has falsely claimed that there was mass voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election. He has repeatedly and baselessly singled out California as a supposed center of this fraud.

He did so again in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." This time, he added a new false claim to try to support the original false one.

Host Chuck Todd asked Trump if he is bothered by the fact that he lost the popular vote in 2016. Trump responded: "Well, I think it was a -- I mean, I'll say something that, again, is controversial. There were a lot of votes cast that I don't believe. I look at California."

He continued: "Take a look at Judicial Watch, take a look at their settlement where California admitted to a million votes. They admitted to a million votes."

Facts First: California made no such admission. And there is no evidence that there was widespread voter fraud in California in 2016.

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