Trump's Election Integrity Speech Was Even Worse Than You Thought
President Donald Trump delivered a prime-time speech on alleged U.S. election vulnerabilities, claiming foreign interference and fraud. However, the speech largely repeated old claims, and newly declassified documents did not support his hyperbolic assertions. One intelligence assessment noted that vote tabulation systems would be difficult to manipulate on a wide scale. Trump accused ABC and NBC of refusing to cover his speech, though both streamed it live, and again called for revoking their broadcast licenses. Meanwhile, his nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, refused to answer who won the 2020 election. The article notes that Trump's administration has dismantled election security protections, including shutting down the FBI foreign influence task force and eviscerating CISA. The released documents showed China obtained voter data for influence campaigns, not to manipulate voting, and a Michigan voter registration investigation found no fraudulent ballots were sent.
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