Election denial activists briefed at White House ahead of Trump's primetime speech
Source: ms.now/news
Election denial activists briefed at White House ahead of Trump’s primetime speech
The session, convened by Cleta Mitchell and closed by nondisclosure agreements, presented material one attendee described as recycled from conservative media.
Jul. 16, 2026, 3:36 PM EDT By Vaughn Hillyard
The White House hosted about two dozen Trump-aligned activists this week ahead of President Donald Trump’s primetime address on the 2020 election. The session was convened by conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell and attended by figures who have spent years promoting the conspiracy theories Trump has invoked in falsely claiming the race was “stolen” from him.
At least some of the activists engaged in conversations around Thursday’s planned announcement were told to sign nondisclosure agreements, according to a person familiar with the White House’s arrangements and granted anonymity to speak candidly, and attendees of the Monday meeting were told the proceedings were confidential.
“I’m allowed to say that I was at a briefing,” Charles Faltenovich, the director of PA Fair Elections, later told members of his own group in a recording obtained by MS NOW. “It’s basically sworn to secrecy what was said.”
He then described it. Faltenovich said the information provided “was basically all the media reporting that John Solomon and others have done already.” Solomon, a conservative media figure who joined the White House in June as a special government employee, is driving the declassification push alongside Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, MS NOW has reported.
Faltenovich suggested to his group, however, that “apparently” there is “a whole tranche of stuff, like tens of thousands of pages, maybe hundreds of thousands, that have been declassified, but have not been published.” The briefing did not provide insight into any new information that could be inside that raw material......................
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Election Integrity Network was a link between failed 2020 election deniers & WH. Tonight's speech may try to use these same lies as pretext for rumored potential national Emergency Order forcing new election rules on states.
— DrH (@drhaup.bsky.social) 2026-07-16T22:00:09.749Z
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