According to reports, President Donald Trump is expected to address the nation on Thursday and present declassified intelligence concerning Chinese efforts to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election. The reports specify additional details about the alleged interference, though no official confirmation has been provided.
A new report published Wednesday morning specifies that President Donald Trump's scheduled national address on Thursday will present declassified intelligence concerning Chinese interference in the 2020 US presidential election. The report narrows the subject from the broader 'foreign interference' cited in previous reports this week.
On Monday at 22:49 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported, based on a MS NOW report, that the speech would focus on foreign interference in the 2020 election. That was followed by an MSNBC report adding that the speech would not address Iran as previously speculated, and detailing the declassification process: the acting director of national intelligence had been granted broad authority, and a White House team had collected thousands of documents in coordination with the FBI. Israeli media subsequently confirmed the speech's focus on foreign interference. The source base thus expanded from a single outlet to multiple newsrooms.
The Zioneer reported on July 6 that Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping would visit the White House by late September, underscoring the ongoing diplomatic context. The new report on Chinese election interference comes amid heightened US-China tensions and congressional investigations into foreign election meddling.
The White House has not confirmed the content of the speech. The report is attributed to an unnamed source, and the specific intelligence to be declassified has not been disclosed.
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