Trump doubles down on 2020 election claims in national address, alleging China meddling

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Trump doubles down on 2020 election claims in national address, alleging China meddling

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House amid Trump's slumping popularity, and Trump has expressed concerns about investigations he could face if Democrats control one or both chambers of...

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  • House amid Trump's slumping popularity, and Trump has expressed concerns about investigations he could face if Democrats control one or both chambers of Congress.
  • voter files" starting in 2020, when Trump was president.
  • It later adds that intelligence officials assessed, "Beijing did not interfere with election infrastructure, including vote tabulation or the transmission of election results." That contradicts Trump's claim in Thursday's speech that Chinese meddling activities "included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots" for Biden.
  • Trump also claimed that a review by the Department of Homeland Security found about 278,000 non-citizens "who are registered to vote in federal elections." But Trump did not say how DHS conducted that review.

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House amid Trump's slumping popularity, and Trump has expressed concerns about investigations he could face if Democrats control one or both chambers of Congress. voter files" starting in 2020, when Trump was president. It later adds that intelligence officials assessed, "Beijing did not interfere with election infrastructure, including vote tabulation or the transmission of election results." That contradicts Trump's claim in Thursday's speech that Chinese meddling activities "included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots" for Biden. Trump also claimed that a review by the Department of Homeland Security found about 278,000 non-citizens "who are registered to vote in federal elections." But Trump did not say how DHS conducted that review. But Trump has made the election bill his top priority ahead of the next elections. Trump's election efforts Trump has sought to challenge election results he opposes using every lever at his disposal.

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