Trump to claim China interfered in 2020 election

President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a primetime address on the evening of July 16, 2026, focusing on election security and expected to include allegations of foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election. The White House has indicated the speech will present what the president described as "really big news" concerning the integrity of U.S. elections.

According to multiple reports citing administration sources, the president plans to unveil newly declassified intelligence alleging that China interfered in the 2020 election to aid Joe Biden. The anticipated disclosures reportedly include claims that Chinese actors hacked into state voter registration databases and stole information on tens of thousands of voters, with the alleged intent of manufacturing fraudulent mail-in ballots. Officials have stated the intelligence is drawn from four sets of documents from the FBI, CIA, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which are scheduled for public release on July 17.

The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, responded to reports about the speech's content by stating that speculation from anonymous sources was premature and that the final text...