Fact-checking Donald Trump's national address on U.S. election integrity

At 27 minutes, it was considerably shorter than his last State of the Union speech to Congress — the longest in American history at an hour and 47 minutes.

He used the time to repeat long-debunked claims that the 2020 election was "rigged," and said the U.S. election system is currently unable to prevent cheating and interference.

Notably, Trump accused China of compromising the 2020 presidential election by stealing or hacking data and trying to make sure Trump didn't win. To support his claims, he announced the release of newly declassified documents from the CIA and others.

Trump accuses China of election interference in national address about voting results

But many of his claims contradict reports and assessments by U.S. intelligence officials that have been known publicly for years. Let's look at the facts.