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Advisers debate how much to declassify and reveal in Trump’s primetime election speech
CNN Lite ^ | July 16, 2026 | Kevin Liptak, Tierney Sneed, CNN

Posted on 07/16/2026 7:40:30 AM PDT by Red Badger

President Donald Trump is expected to use his primetime address Thursday to reveal what he will claim is new information related to foreign efforts to influence US elections, though how much to reveal has been the subject of intense internal debate in the lead up to the speech, according to people familiar with the plans.

Alongside Trump’s speech, the White House has been weighing whether to release a cache of documents related to, among other topics, China and its role in US elections, the people said.

Some of the materials derive from intelligence gathered during Trump’s first term, which he and other officials will allege was suppressed, the people said.

Trump is also expected to discuss purported vulnerabilities in election infrastructure, including voting machines.

The exact contents of Trump’s speech have been closely held, though the president said this week that the address would include a major announcement related to election security. Trump has faced criticism for seeking to undermine faith in elections and denying results, and state elections officials told CNN they are watching closely, fearful he might use the primetime venue to do so again.

“It doesn’t get bigger, because without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country,” Trump said. “We’ll be discussing other things too, but it’s going to be a very big announcement.”

A major effort has been underway inside the administration in recent weeks to locate intelligence information that could support Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud and interference. A task force, under the direction of conservative writer John Solomon, has been working to identify documents to be declassified and made public, the people familiar with the matter said.

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1 posted on 07/16/2026 7:40:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

All I want is proof that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump for Biden.

They don’t have to reveal anything that would compromise prosecuting the fraudsters but at the very least, I wan’t the incontroverible proof revealed to thrown in the faces of those who still claim the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, and to prove that the mainstream legacy media was complicit in the steal and the coverup.


2 posted on 07/16/2026 7:44:44 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: Red Badger

As earlier, per Mark Twain: “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.”. Or in this case demosociocommies. They’ll deny it and keep trying to do it. No purple thumbs here.


3 posted on 07/16/2026 7:47:53 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: rktman

Never argue with an idiot. It just creates another idiot..........


4 posted on 07/16/2026 7:58:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Executive Order 13848 (Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election):

Initial: September 12, 2018 — Issued by President Donald Trump.

Annual Renewals/Continuations (typically effective beyond the September 12 anniversary date):

2019 — President Donald Trump
2020 — President Donald Trump
2021 (September 7) — President Joe Biden
2022 — President Joe Biden
2023 (September 7) — President Joe Biden
2024 (September) — President Joe Biden
2025 (August 29, extending beyond September 12, 2025) — President Donald Trump

These are standard one-year continuations under the National Emergencies Act. The emergency remains active as of 2026.


5 posted on 07/16/2026 8:03:41 AM PDT by C210N
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To: Red Badger

CNN trying to throw cover for their commie overlords before the truth comes out tonight.


6 posted on 07/16/2026 8:05:50 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: C210N
Trump et-al fully expected the 2020 Stolen Election in 2018, and prepared the nation for it with this EO. IMHO, there are related PEADs on "foreign" interference in a domestic US election, where foreign applies to the Deep State.


7 posted on 07/16/2026 8:06:37 AM PDT by C210N
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To: Red Badger
the White House has been weighing whether to release a cache of documents related to, among other topics, China and its role in US elections, the people said.

Release it ALL now or face the Epstein criticism AGAIN. And make sure there is SUBSTANTIAL PROOF, not only accusations.

8 posted on 07/16/2026 8:08:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

You mean like married men?


9 posted on 07/16/2026 8:25:38 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: 1Old Pro

It better not be: “Hey, we’re starting to think that something fishy is going on. So, we’re going to begin an investigation ...”

We need arrests of names we know.


10 posted on 07/16/2026 8:26:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
All you have to do is look at the popular vote from 2016, 2020, 2024

The jump in 2020 is absurd. I'd say, votes were inserted and I bet the surge is in the mail in ballots.

11 posted on 07/16/2026 8:28:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: 1Old Pro

“make sure there is SUBSTANTIAL PROOF, not only accusations.”

It is very difficult in 2026 to prove illegal activity in 2020... and at a level that would change the outcome.

GA example:
3,000 of the 12,000 winning margin have been proven vote fraud with one type of vote fraud.

There are proven anecdotes for other types of vote fraud but no investigation has been done to prove the amount of other types of vote fraud.

1) We know both major party candidates were unpopular with a significant number of voters. We know many voters voted 3d party. We know votes cast for 3d party candidates in GA were shifted to a major party candidate.

But only anecdotes have been proven. There has been no attempt to prove the numbers beyond anecdotes. WE DON’T KNOW.

2) We know vote harvesters voted on behalf of the dead, minors 16-17, non-citizens, movers, vacant houses, vacant lots. But we don’t know how many. There has bee no serious investigation beyond the anecdotes. WE DONT KNOW.

3) Prior to tonight, in GA we have no anecdotes of foreign actors illegally influencing the casting or counting of ballots. Foreigners exercised their freedom of speech and press to try to influence the voters. That is not illegal.

There is a lot we don’t know. What will be said tonight? I don’t know.


12 posted on 07/16/2026 8:46:36 AM PDT by spintreebob (m)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

😁😆......................


13 posted on 07/16/2026 8:55:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Too bad the real fraud is being done by the little guys. a few in key places just double counting a few precincts. That’s all it takes. With no real auditable process controls it will continue and we will be continuously side tracked by claiming “it’s the machines” or china, or venezuela, etc.


14 posted on 07/16/2026 8:59:01 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: spintreebob

We DO know, however, that Ruby Freeman and her daughter ran ballots through the machines several times. Around midnight, after the Republican pole watchers were sent home.


15 posted on 07/16/2026 9:00:41 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Sacajaweau

The jump in 2020 is absurd. I’d say, votes were inserted and I bet the surge is in the mail in ballots.>>> I agree but i would bet that it is just clerks double counting. We have no process controls in our voting processes. the cashier at wawa does a better job than our election people and politicians.


16 posted on 07/16/2026 9:02:16 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: kvanbrunt2

There were jumps of a few thousand and then there were 80 million Biden votes.


17 posted on 07/16/2026 9:14:54 AM PDT by erlayman (E )
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