Do declassified files support Trump's election security claims?
The BBC examines declassified intelligence files cited by Donald Trump to support his claims of election interference. The analysis finds no evidence of bombshell revelations or proof that foreign meddling altered the outcome of the 2020 election.
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This report addresses the ongoing public discourse regarding the integrity of US democratic processes and the validity of claims made by high-profile political figures.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Anthony Zurcher, Lucy Gilder, Tom Edgington and Jake Horton North America Correspondent and BBC Verify Getty Images In a 26-minute speech from the White House, President Donald Trump revived some familiar claims about US election fraud and interference.
Standing in the East Room – the same venue where Barack Obama announced the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011 - Trump said the current election system was "catastrophically short" of being secure and that hundreds of declassified intelligence files would reveal these "shocking vulnerabilities".
BBC Verify has reviewed these documents, although some of them have been heavily redacted.
There appear to be no bombshell revelations and no evidence that interference or fraud actually changed the outcome of previous elections - including the 2020 contest which Trump lost.
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