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PoliticsJohn Solomon, a conspiracy theorist appointed to President Trump's election task force, admitted in an interview that the U.S. intelligence community has found zero evidence that foreign powers flipped votes in the 2020, 2022, or 2024 elections. He also acknowledged no intelligence showing Venezuela tampered with U.S. voting machines. This contradicts Trump's prime-time speech, where he accused China of illicitly acquiring 220 million voter files and alleged a plot by Venezuela's Maduro regime to manipulate elections. Trump used the speech to push for the restrictive SAVE America Act. Separately, Trump declassified documents confirming Russia interfered in the 2020 election in his favor by promoting claims about Hunter Biden and mail-in voting conspiracies. The article highlights the disconnect between Trump's claims and his own administration's intelligence findings.
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Trump Primetime Speech Alleges Chinese Election Interference, Pushes Voter ID Law