Someone Forged a Nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Twice.<br />In a phone interview on Wednesday, Mr. Njolstad of the Nobel committee, said, “We verify all nominations, at least the ones with a shadow of doubt.”<br />Mr. Njolstad declined to provide details or copies of the forged nominations, but he said it was fair to assume<br />that the documents purported to have been from a nominator who — when contacted — said the nominations were not valid<br />But a wrinkle in this time-honored process — the peace prize was first awarded in 1901 — emerged on Tuesday, when the committee announced<br />that it had uncovered what appeared to be a forged nomination of President Trump for the prize.<br />Mr. Skjold said the earlier letter was subjected to a thorough and lengthy forensic examination, which the new letter is also likely to undergo.<br />The identities of the candidates are kept secret, and indeed, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prizes, is forbidden from divulging any information about its deliberations for 50 years,<br />and even then, only for scholarship purposes and at its discretion.
