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In speech to nation, Trump declassifies intelligence claiming Chinese interference in 2020 elections

Cover image: President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at the Pennsylvania Defence and Innovation Summit, July 15, 2026. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP

US President Donald Trump declassified intelligence he said showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving claims about election security despite intelligence findings that Beijing did not alter the 2020 vote he lost. The move reinforces Trump's push to make election integrity a central issue ahead of November's congressional midterm elections.

US President Donald Trump declassified intelligence on Thursday that he said ​showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing altered the 2020 vote which he lost.

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