Trump accuses China of interfering in 2020 election
President Trump has declassified intelligence alleging Chinese interference in the 2020 US election, claiming voter data was illicitly acquired. These assertions contradict previous findings from the US intelligence community.
Why it matters
The claims highlight ongoing political tensions regarding election integrity and the reliability of intelligence assessments in the US.
US President Donald Trump has declassified intelligence that he claimed showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing altered the 2020 vote which he lost.
The 25-minute address underscored Mr Trump's effort to make election security a central political issue ahead of November's midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their congressional majorities and face the possibility of losing control of one or both chambers.
Mr Trump has pressed his fellow Republicans in Congress to pass legislation imposing new voter identification and citizenship requirements, despite longstanding findings that voter fraud in US elections is rare.
The US president said he was declassifying sensitive information that showed China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files, including names, addresses and other data used to register to vote.
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