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What Trump’s newly declassified documents do – and don’t – say about threats to US elections
CNN ^ | July 17, 2026 | Marshall Cohen, Kevin Liptak

Posted on 07/17/2026 6:48:27 AM PDT by Twotone

President Donald Trump in his primetime speech on Thursday is alleging vulnerabilities exist in American election systems, using a large trove of newly declassified documents as evidence to suggest future elections could be at risk of foreign interference, particularly by China.

Though the documents are newly declassified, they largely discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years and election officials around the country have tried to address.

None of the declassified information supports the claim that any previous election results — including the 2020 presidential contest that Trump lost — were manipulated by foreign interference or fraud in a way that would’ve changed the outcome.

Instead, White House officials have framed the disclosures not as an attempt to re-litigate past elections, but rather as an attempt to correct vulnerabilities ahead of November’s midterm elections. That’s despite the fact that the second Trump administration has shuttered many federal organizations that were tracking and publicizing foreign influence campaigns.

And White House officials suggested the information, some of which has been known for years, was withheld from senior top elected US officials, including Trump, for political purposes.

Among the points Trump plans to discuss:

– Claims that there are major vulnerabilities with US voting machines

– Claims that China has obtained voter data on millions of Americans

– Claims about systemic voter registration fraud by Democrats in Michigan

– Claims there are far more non-citizens on voter rolls than known before

There are indeed some new revelations in the hundreds of pages of documents declassified Thursday. But it appears, based on CNN’s review, that a decent chunk of the documents rehash information that has already been public and widely understood in the US intelligence community.

The documents are part of an attempt by the Trump administration to make the case...

(Excerpt) Read more at lite.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; media; voterfraud
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1 posted on 07/17/2026 6:48:27 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Nothing is going to change. The dog barks, the caravan moves on.


2 posted on 07/17/2026 6:50:06 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Twotone

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot!


3 posted on 07/17/2026 6:50:36 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: Twotone

CNN

Stopped reading right there.


4 posted on 07/17/2026 6:50:47 AM PDT by TTFX
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To: Twotone

Strictly factual. Presented without bias.


5 posted on 07/17/2026 6:50:54 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: rktman

Perhaps so, but the speech last night was evidence-free.


6 posted on 07/17/2026 6:56:11 AM PDT by Miami Rebel (RE)
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To: dfwgator

So sad, so true.


7 posted on 07/17/2026 6:57:30 AM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice & the American Way.)
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To: All

It was Trump’s bid to urge passage of his “SAVE America Act.”


8 posted on 07/17/2026 6:59:03 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: Miami Rebel

If the Trump administration ends prematurely, last night’s speech will take center stage in the history of our times as the beginning of the end.


9 posted on 07/17/2026 6:59:09 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: Twotone

Why should we believe anything CNN says about this? They didn’t even televise the speech. They probably have been culpable in some way in covering up the fraud.


10 posted on 07/17/2026 6:59:20 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Twotone

Based on CNN’s review

aka cover up own work?.


11 posted on 07/17/2026 7:01:00 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Twotone

Before the speech was even over, the lamestream press was reporting “Trump’s false claims about stolen elections and compromised voting rolls” - same people that said the 2020 election - and all others are “clean and fair.”

Glad to see Trump pointed out the recent corrupt election in Los Angeles - where counting for the June 2nd primary ended on July 10th, eliminating Spencer Pratt from the general election.

Anyone who believes there isn’t widespread fraud in American elections is a fool, the evidence is so blatant.


12 posted on 07/17/2026 7:03:09 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You WaHnt a Revolution?)
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To: Twotone

Hummm, What this article is saying is NOT what I heard.


13 posted on 07/17/2026 7:03:51 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: Twotone

This is (yawn) CNN


14 posted on 07/17/2026 7:05:29 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Twotone

That Idiot in California that wants to vote by phone , Chinese phones ? LOL


15 posted on 07/17/2026 7:10:38 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Agatsu77

“widely understood in the US intelligence community” is not exactly the standard when the US intelligence community was actively suppressing information it had in 2020 and kept from Presidential briefings. If CNN wants to be even remotely accused of practicing journalism, it needs to acknowledge that there is a bureaucratic “community” with an identifiable political orientation that works to directly counter the administration of executives it does not favor. That “deep state” opposition to Trump is rather obvious, generally, but particularly on this topic.


16 posted on 07/17/2026 7:14:11 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Twotone

using a large trove of newly declassified documents as evidence to suggest future elections could be at risk of foreign interference, particularly by China.

Though the documents are newly declassified, they largely discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years and election officials around the country

“Suggest”

+

” Known for years “

=

Legion media contradicting themselves with zero self awareness.

Or

Evident self admitting bullshiters.

Or both.


17 posted on 07/17/2026 7:22:26 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Twotone

We know they lie, so what redeeming value is there in posting their lies here?


18 posted on 07/17/2026 7:24:29 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Miami Rebel

What?

Trump’s Declassified Docs Detail Massive Michigan Voter Registration Fraud
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4388304/posts

Republicans lost a senate seat to fraud in MI in 2024.


19 posted on 07/17/2026 7:26:34 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Agatsu77

It rarely matches reality. What feral media doesn’t say is more important than what they do. I completely blow off feral media reporting now.


20 posted on 07/17/2026 7:28:12 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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