Declassified China intelligence fails to back up Trump's false claims about 'stolen election'
17-07-2026 05:00 via defenseone.com

Declassified China intelligence fails to back up Trump's false claims about 'stolen election'

President Donald Trump used newly declassified intelligence Thursday night to revive his claims about 2020 election issues, pointing to findings that China possessed or analyzed more than 200 million U.S. voter records. But the documents do not appear to subvert the intelligence community’s prior conclusions that China did not alter votes or interfere with the results of the election.The declassified records provide substantially more detail about Chinese intelligence collection involving
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