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July 16, 2026

Trump Claims New Evidence of Election Vulnerabilities and Foreign Interference

  • In a primetime address, President Trump claimed that new declassified documents reveal vulnerabilities in U.S. election systems, despite many of these issues being known and addressed by election officials.
  • Trump alleged that China interfered in the 2020 election, claiming they obtained voter data, while intelligence reports indicate that the data collection was largely for espionage purposes and not election interference.
  • Election officials from Nevada and Pennsylvania rejected Trump's claims of noncitizens on voter rolls, calling them speculative and demanding clarity on the data used to support such assertions.

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