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riversedge

(82,611 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:14 PM 13 hrs ago

Trump swiftly fact-checked with the same documents he claims prove his election theory

Source: raw story


Trump's claims about China interfering in U.S. elections were fact-checked by political analysts in real-time using documents he released.

In Trump's Thursday night speech, he announced that his administration would be releasing documents and intelligence findings that support his claim that China meddled in the 2020 U.S. elections. However, the documents didn't show anything of the sort, analysts noted.

During the speech, CNN senior national security reporter Zachary Cohen pointed out in a post on X that CNN had reviewed documents Trump was talking about in his speech.

The documents "largely discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years and/or are reflected in the 2021 US intel community assessment," Cohen wrote. "None of the declassified information supports the claim that any previous election results — including the 2020 presidential contest that Trump lost — were manipulated by foreign interference or fraud in a way that would've changed the outcome."...............
Bennito L. Kelty
July 16, 2026 9:45PM ET


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-election-speech-fact-checked/






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Trump swiftly fact-checked with the same documents he claims prove his election theory (Original Post) riversedge 13 hrs ago OP
Biden dweller 13 hrs ago #1
One of the voting rights organizations sent out info to help us debunk Trump's false election claims. summer_in_TX 10 hrs ago #2

summer_in_TX

(4,406 posts)
2. One of the voting rights organizations sent out info to help us debunk Trump's false election claims.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 01:12 AM
10 hrs ago

National Task Force on Election Crises anticipated Trump's claim that China targeted the US during the 2020 election, and say:

Allegations of foreign election interference in the 2020 presidential election have been carefully investigated and disproven by intelligence and law enforcement communities. Evidence of an attempt to influence voters is not the same as successfully changing election processes or outcomes.

Other good stuff to quickly quash the disinformation:
https://mailchi.mp/protectdemocracy/ntfec-2024lessons-9949044?e=0d1aa3b287

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