Trump Highlights Election-security Concerns
On July 16, President Donald Trump weighed in on election-integrity concerns, alleging foreign interference in 2020. The president stated that China hacked more than 220 million U.S. voter files, including personal and sensitive information, and contrasted this with Democratic claims that it was “the most secure election in U.S. history.”
U.S. intelligence had pre-election warnings about vulnerabilities in voter registration databases. A January 2020 National Intelligence Council memo flagged risks from adversaries including China, Russia, and Iran. Later-declassified materials confirmed that China accessed voter registration data in multiple states. Similar incidents involved Iran. Cybersecurity incidents, such as a 2020 dark-web sale of data involving millions of voter records, underscored broader exposure of publicly available or breached personal information. Trump has long argued that these incidents, combined with expanded mail-in voting, compromised the U.S. electoral process. Recent declassifications under his administration, including documents on Chinese plots involving fake identifications, have substantiated claims of widespread interference.
The president demanded that the FCC revoke broadcast licenses for networks such as ABC and NBC that declined to air his July 16 speech, accusing them of using public airwaves without cost while engaging in “fraud” and protecting the “radical Left” by avoiding topics exposing systemic corruption. “You can’t have a great country without free and fair elections,” he emphasized.
Meanwhile CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, echoing legacy media’s skepticism, demanded of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: If what the president claims is true, “Why hasn’t anyone been charged?”
As investigations and declassifications continue, it remains to be seen what tack the Department of Justice will take.
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