Trump Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
President Trump delivered a prime-time speech in which he attempted to reveal proof of foreign interference in the 2020 election, but ultimately came up empty. The president's claims were based on reports of stolen voter records and software vulnerabilities in voting machines, but he failed to provide any concrete evidence. The speech was met with criticism from former intelligence officials, who expressed bewilderment at the president's characterizations of the evidence.
- ▪President Trump has been searching for evidence of foreign interference in the 2020 election for over a year and a half.
- ▪A team of investigators found no evidence to support claims of foreign interference in the election after an exhaustive examination of millions of documents.
- ▪China has obtained more than 200 million Americans' voter records in 18 states, but this information is not new and was previously reported by US intelligence agencies.
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PoliticsTrump Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking ForThe president’s prime-time speech was more notable for what it didn’t prove than what it did.By Shane Harris, Michael Scherer, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Yvonne Wingett SanchezStephen Maturen / GettyJuly 17, 2026, 12:02 AM ET ShareSave Since President Trump returned to office a year and a half ago, he has dispatched investigators and analysts from across the U.S. intelligence community to search for evidence of foreign interference in an election that he lost but claims he won. In an address from the White House tonight, the president sought to reveal proof for his baseless assertions of a 2020 vote marred by fraud.
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