Trump eyes China intel reveal on 2020 vote
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Live Events NO EVIDENCE CHINA MANIPULATED VOTES DEBATE OVER DECLASSIFICATION as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Washington: The White House is considering releasing sensitive intelligence related to China and its ability to interfere in U.S. elections that some Trump officials worry could be misleading, according to four people with knowledge of the deliberations.Trump may disclose the intelligence, which was collected and analyzed during his first term, in a speech that he is due to deliver on Thursday night, when he is expected to outline information about alleged vulnerabilities in the voting infrastructure that could allow for foreign interference in U.S. elections, the sources said.Reuters could not determine the details of the intelligence, but sources said it is classified and related to whether China had the intention or ability to disrupt U.S. elections in 2020. The sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss classified material, said the intelligence did not show Beijing had manipulated or changed votes.Trump has continued to repeat the debunked claim that the 2020 election was rigged, suggesting a foreign actor was involved in flipping votes despite legal rulings that Democrat Joe Biden won.His speech on Thursday may reveal new information about a year-long effort by the Trump administration to collect and review material on what the White House says are vulnerabilities in the nation's voting infrastructure.The effort is part of a wider campaign to exert federal control over the administration of U.S. elections - a role that rests solely with the states under the U.S. Constitution."As usual, anonymous sources are speculating about what President Trump will say during his speech on Thursday evening.
The truth is, nobody knows yet what President Trump will ultimately say," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said.The Office of the Director of Intelligence did not respond to requests for comment. The CIA declined to comment.The China intelligence was integral to the first Trump administration's debate about foreign interference in the 2020 election and was reviewed as part of the official intelligence community's assessment on the issue, the four sources said.Trump officials said publicly during the first administration that Chinese hackers were targeting election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 election. officials have repeatedly said there is no evidence to suggest China or any other foreign adversary manipulated votes in 2020. A 2021 U.S. intelligence community assessment found no indications that any foreign actor attempted or succeeded in altering "any technical aspect" of the 2020 presidential election vote, including voter registrations, ballots, tabulations or results.But former intelligence analysts, including Christopher Porter, who served as a national intelligence officer on cyber at the Office of the Director of Intelligence, wrote a dissent to that report, saying China had the ability
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