Someone Forged a Nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Twice.
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.”
Mr. Njolstad declined to provide details or copies of the forged nominations, but he said it was fair to assume
that the documents purported to have been from a nominator who — when contacted — said the nominations were not valid
But a wrinkle in this time-honored process — the peace prize was first awarded in 1901 — emerged on Tuesday, when the committee announced
that it had uncovered what appeared to be a forged nomination of President Trump for the prize.
Mr. Skjold said the earlier letter was subjected to a thorough and lengthy forensic examination, which the new letter is also likely to undergo.
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,
and even then, only for scholarship purposes and at its discretion.