Election Claims

• Former President Donald Trump delivered a primetime speech on Thursday claiming that newly declassified intelligence proves foreign interference, specifically from China, in the 2020 US elections. • These claims contradict official US government intelligence assessments, which have previously debunked theories that the election data was stolen or compromised by foreign actors. • The rhetoric is significant as similar unfounded claims regarding the 2020 election previously culminated in the violent attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.

Markwayne Mullin at presser repeated many of Trump’s unverified claims from controversial primetime speechThe US homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, doubled down on Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated election claims on Friday amid his agency’s efforts to support the president’s agenda.Trump used a memo compiled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the basis of many of his unsubstantiated claims on Thursday during his televised primetime address to the nation. Continue reading...

• President Trump delivered a speech reiterating claims that U.S. voting systems are vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen," though he provided no new evidence of fraudulent votes. • The remarks reference a 2021 report indicating that China likely maintained longstanding efforts to gather intelligence on U.S. voters, political candidates, and senior government officials. • These claims matter as they continue to challenge the perceived integrity of the American electoral process and highlight ongoing foreign interference concerns.

• Donald Trump delivered a national address reiterating his claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and alleging that China meddled in the process. • During the speech, Trump urged the Republican-led Congress to pass the "SAVE America Act," a controversial election bill that currently lacks the necessary support for passage. • These claims echo the rhetoric that led to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, where supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and forced lawmakers to flee.

• President Trump delivered a primetime address claiming that the United States election system falls "catastrophically short" of necessary security standards. • During the speech, Trump revisited long-standing allegations of widespread voter fraud, though he provided no new evidence to support these claims. • The address is significant as it reinforces disputed narratives that election experts and officials have repeatedly debunked.

Democrats also criticize speech as ‘lies and long-debunked conspiracies’Sign up for US News Breaking emailTrump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’Donald Trump repeated calls in his Thursday speech for the passage of the Save America Act – a rebranded and expanded version of last year’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (Save) act, which passed in the US House but didn’t get a vote in the Senate.This year’s version includes a very strict voter ID requirement for casting a ballot and a provision that requires states to regularly turn their voter rolls over to the Department of Homeland Security, in addition to criminal liability for election officials who register a voter without proper documentary proof of citizenship. Continue reading...

• Judicial Watch successfully used a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to force the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to release eight pages of internal documents. • The released records reveal that an ODNI task force identified specific vulnerabilities within U.S. election systems that could be exploited by foreign adversaries. • The documents indicate that the Intelligence Community intentionally withheld information regarding these security flaws from the American public.