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Fact-checking Trump's address on China, the 2020 election and what documents show

Fact-checking Trump's address on China, the 2020 election and what documents show

Summary

President Donald Trump gave a primetime speech about the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. He claimed that foreign countries, especially China, interfered in the election and said some government officials hid important information from him and the public.

Key Facts

  • President Trump spoke about the 2020 election results during a rare primetime address.
  • He claimed China interfered in the 2020 election.
  • Trump said parts of the government, sometimes called the "deep state," concealed information from him and the public.
  • In his speech, he used intelligence community documents that were old and sometimes only partly available to the public.
  • The documents he cited included those that had been declassified or redacted, meaning some information was removed or changed.
  • He did not clearly explain the difference between what China might have planned and what evidence shows they actually did.
  • The speech lasted nearly 30 minutes.
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